!44 HEXANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA, 



Per. rupturing at an early period, leaving the large 

 naked, drupe-form seed elevated on its funic. 



230. BERBERIS. Cal. 6-leaved. Pet. 6, with 2 glands 



on each claw. Style ; stig. umbilicate. Berry 

 1 -celled, 2— 4-seeded. 



231. PRINOS. Cal. minute, 6-cleft. Cor. monopeta- 



lous, subrotate, 6-parted. Berry 6-seeded. 

 <?32. FLCERKEA. Cal. 3-leaved. Cor. 3-petalled, 

 shorter than the calyx. Style bifid. Utric. 2 — 3. 

 united, 1 -seeded, superior. 



B. Flowers spathaceous. 



233. AMARYLLIS. Cor. superior, 6-petalled, irregu- 



lar. Fil. arising from the orifice of the tube, 

 declined, or straight, unequal. 



234. ALLIUM. Cor. 6-petalled, spreading. Spath 



many-flowered. Umb. crowded. Caps, supe- 

 rior, 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



235. HYPOXIS. Spath. 2-valved. Cor. superior, 6- 



parted, persistent. Caps, elongated, narrowed 

 at the base, 3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds round- 

 ish, naked. 



236. PONTEDERIA. Cor. inferior, 6-cleft, bilabiate ; 



under side of the tube perforated with 3 longi- 

 tudinal foramina ; lower part persistent, calycine. 

 Stain, unequally inserted ; 3 of them upon the 

 summit of the tube. Utric. muricate, 1 -seeded. 



C. Flowers naked. (Without a spath ; peri- 

 anth single, petaloid.) 



237. C0N0STYL1S. Cor. semi-superior, 6-cleft, per- 



sistent, woody. Anth. erect. Style conic, tri- 

 partite ; stig. simple. Caps, opening at the sum- 

 mit, 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 338. ALETRIS. Cor. tubulous-ovate, 6-cleft at the 

 summit, rugose, persistent. Stam, inserted upon 

 the orifice. Style triquetrous, tripartile. Caps. 

 semisuperior, many-seeded, opening at the sum- 

 mit. 

 HEMEROCALLIS. Car. campanulate ; tube cy- 

 lindric. Stam. declined. Stigmas rather small,, 

 simple, somewhat villous. 



