72 JUNcr. [CI. 3. 



inserted therein. Germen simple; Styles 1 or 3 ; 

 Stigma simple or three-cleft. Fruit pulpy, rarely cap- 

 sular, of 3 cells, Seeds few, or solitary. Embryo at 

 the scar of a horny Albumen. Stem often herbace- 

 ous. Leaves alternate, (simple, undivided) ; seldom 

 opposite or whorled. Ffewers each with a scaly 

 Bractea, occasionally dioecious, sometimes deprived 

 of a third, or gaining a fourth, in the number of their 

 parts." 



Sect. 1. Fl. united. Germen superior. Draccvna, 

 Asparagus, Medeola, Paris, fig. 143, Ccnvallaria, 

 fig. 144, &c. 



Sect. 2. Fl. dioecious. Germ. sup. Ruscus, Smila.r, 

 Dioscorea. 



Sect. 3. Fl. dioecious. Germ, inferior. Tamus> 

 Rajania. 



Mr. Brown removes Asparagus and Dracrtna, 

 with some of their allies, to Asphoclelece or Asphodeli, 

 Ord. 16. 



Orel. 13. Junci. "Calyx inferior, in 6 deep seg- 

 ments, the 3 inner ones sometimes larger and petal- 

 like, sometimes all 6 are glumaceous (53 : 5). Stamens 

 usually 0. Germen in some simple, with one Style, 

 and a Capsule of 3 valves with central partitions, 

 bearing the Seeds : or several, 3 or 6, rarely many, 

 each with 1 Style and Stigma ; becoming so many 

 Capsules, with 1 or many Seeds. Embryo, in some 

 at least, at the scar of a horny Albumen. Herbs, 

 with (simple,) alternate, sheathing Leaves; the upper 



