CI. 3.J LILIA, BROMELIjE. 73 



and floral ones sessile. Flowers with sheath-like 

 Bracteas." 



Eriocaulon, Restio, Xyris, Aphyllanthes, Juncus, 

 Luciola, fig. 145, Commdina, and Tradescantia ex- 

 emplify the Genera with a simple germen ; Butomus, 

 fig. 14, Alisma, Sagittaria, Scheuchzeria, Triglochin, 

 Narthecium, Veratrum and Colchicum those with 

 a compound one. This is a paradoxical Order to a 

 beginner, and has been much altered by Mr. Brown, 

 who has separated from hence his Restiacecc, Com- 

 melinea, and Melanthacecc, certainly with great ad- 

 vantage. 



Alisma and Triglochin, with Potamogeton, see 

 Ord. 6. enter his Alismacece, Prodr. N. Holl. v. 1. 

 342. 



Ord. 14. Lilia. " Calyx (Corolla Linn.) inferior, 

 coloured, in 6 deep divisions, mostly equal and re- 

 gular, bearing the Stamens from their lower part. 

 Germen simple. Style 1 . Stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 

 of 3 cells and 3 valves, containing numerous, gene- 

 rally flat, Seeds, in 2 rows in each cell. Stem her- 

 baceous, rarely shrubby. Leaves (simple and undi- 

 vided), sheathing or sessile, alternate, or incorrectly 

 whorled. Flowers often drooping, the Style longer 

 than the Stamens (Linn.), either naked, or subtended 

 by a Leaf or Sheath ; generally splendid in aspect 

 and colour." 



Tulipa, fig. 146, Erythronium, Gloriosa (Metho- 

 uica, Juss.) Uvularia, Fritillaria, Liiium, void Yucca. 



Ord. 15. Bkomeli^e. "Calyx in six divisions, 



