LILIACK.'E. 389 MLIUM. 



ORDER CLIII. LIIJACEA^. The Lily Tril.. 



Fli- — Perfect, regular. Perianth free from ovary, ofG segments (rarely 4), colored. 



Sla. — (i (rarely 4j, inserted intotlie sepal.* and petals. Anthers intror.-.e. 



Ova. — .'i-celled, inany-ovuled. Styltf. united into 1. Sligina often 3-lobcd. 



Fr. — Capsular or fleshy, vvilh several or many seeds in each cell. 



Sds. — Albumen fleshy. 



An extensive oider of herbs with parallel-veined leaves. Stems often bulbous or tuber- 

 ous at base. Flowers generally large and richly colored. They are chiefly natives of 

 temperate regimis. 



Projurtifs. The order abound.* in a bitter, stimulant principle und also in mucilage. 

 Some i>ftlie bulbous species yield a nutritious diet, as the asparagus, onion, garlic. The 

 well known active medicine, .squills, i» the bulb of Scilla marnima, of t<. liurope. The 

 various kinds of officinal aloe.?, are the product of several species of Aloe. The powerful 

 ajtriijgent drngoii's blood, is the concentrated juice of Dracxiia Draco of the Canajy Isles. 



Conspectus (f the genera. 



* Segments of the perianth scarcdy cohering in a tube. 



) erect. . . . TuUpa. \ 



i solitary, | drooping. . . . Knjthroiuvm. 4 



f on a scape, I umbellate. A;c Convallaria. 12 



f Fls. cam- < on a leafy i Petals with a grooved line. . . Lilium. 2 



I panulate, (stem ) Petals with a'lioney cavity at base. FriliUnrin- 3 



J 1 Valves (J; stamens hypogvnous. CmivaUaria. Vi 



1 f racemose. | Valves G, bearing the stamens. . A^phodelus. 10 



Branches Flowers < corymliosc, pedicels bracted at base. . . Onithogalum. 9 



or leafless. [ subrotate, ( umbellate, from a leafy spathe. . . . Allium. 7 



I Sep. and petals recurved. Sds. few. Streptnpus. 15 



Branches ( Leaves ovate. A:c. ... I SepaU and pet. erect. Sds. n-.any. Uvulann. 14 



leafy ) Leaves filiform, fasciculate Asparagus. IG 



* * Segments of the perianth cohering into a tube at base. 



(Stamens inserted at I Tube straight. Native. . . Alelris. H 



top of the tube | Tul)e incurved. Kxotic. . . Poly oithes. 



Stamens inserted in the middle of the tube t/i/acinthus. 9 



Smmens inserted at base of tube, declined. . . . Hfmerncn'lis. 5 



Flowers axillary on a leafy stem Puli/gonatum. 13 



TniBK 1. TULlPACEiE. 



Bulbous. Sepals and petals scarcely adhering in. a tube. Integvmcnts of the 



seed siij't and pair. 



1 . T U' L 1 P A . 



Pcriiinlh cnmpanulatt; ; slamcns short, ?ubiil:i(c ; anthers 

 4-anglc(l ; «ligmi thicl; ; capsule ohioiig, triaiigulai'. 



From Hie Persian mine tliini'ihnn, .synnnymoiis with turban; a name not 

 inapprnpri;!t,e to llie form of lliese inairiiifincnt flowers. FIs. solitarv, termi- 

 nal. A favorite sreniis of about xJO, chiefly oriental species. Onl/ two are 

 generally cultivated. 



1 . &F>NKRI a'N.A. — Sea])c l-flowered. smontli ; /ffu-fs ovate-la ncrolatc ; 

 f.oicer erect, seirments obtuse, smooth. iNamed for Grsner, a Zurich botanist. 

 It nppeiirs to have been introduced into Europe from Persia in l-'^nD Its 

 varieties ate endless, and may be produced by first planting the seed in a rich 

 soil, and afterwards transplanting the bulbs into a poorer soil. After a few 

 years, the tlovvers become broken or varicjrated with colors in that e.\quisito 

 manner so miicli admired. I ri London catalogues there are enumerated and 

 described nearly 700 varieties. May. Common Tulip. 



T. stvvKoi.KNS differs from T. Gesneriann. in having a pubescent scape 

 and fragrant flowers. It is moreover much smaller, and blossoms earlier. 



2 . L I' L 1 U M . 

 Perianth rannpamilate, !*r<.MTi<iils moslly rociirvofi, each 

 with a h)iioiltuiiiial ^roovi; wiihiii. iVtmi llic mithlle to the base ; 

 valves ol the eapsiile (Miinciieil bj latticed hairs. 

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