HEXANDRIA.— MONQGYNIA. I4fe 



MO. AGAVE. Cor. superior, erect, tubular or in- 

 fundibuliform. Staminif.JiL longer than the co- 

 rolla, erect. Caps, triangular, many-seeded. 



241- PHALANGIUM. Cor. 6-petalled, spreading. 

 Fil. smooth. Caps, superior, ovate. Seeds an- 

 gular. 



242. NARTHECIUM Cor. inferior, 6-petalled ; 



spreading, persistent. Fil. filiform, hairy. Caps. 

 prismatic, 3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds finely 

 attenuate at each extremity. Cal. 0. 



243. ORNITHOGALUM. Cor. 6-petalled, persistent, 



spreading above the middle. Cal. 0. Fil. dila- 

 ted at the base. Caps, superior, roundish, 3- 

 celled. Seeds roundish. 



i44. LILIUM. Cor. 6-petalled, campanulate. Pet. 

 mostly reflexed, marked with a longitudinal nec- 

 tariferous line. Stam. shorter than the style. 

 Stig. entire. Caps, superior, subtriangular ; 

 valves connected by cancellate hairs. 



345- ERYTHRONIUM. Cor. 6-petalled, subcam- 

 panulate ; petals reflexed ; the interior ones with 

 a callous tooth on each side near the base, and 

 a nectariferous pore. Caps, superior, substipi- 

 tate. Seeds ovate. 



<!4C. UVULARIA. Cor. inferior, 6-petalled, erect; 

 petals with a nectariferous cavity at the base of 

 each. Fil. very short ; anth. adnate. Stig. re- 

 flexed. Caps, triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved ; 

 valves septiferous in the middle. Seeds nume- 

 rous, subglobose, axillate at the hilum. 



,147. STREPTOPUS. Cor. inferior, 6-petalled, sub- 

 campanulate. Stigmas very short. Berry sub- 

 globose, smooth, 3-celled. Seeds few, hilum 

 naked. 



248. CONVALLARIA. Cor. inferior, 6-cleft. Berry 

 globose, spotted, 3-celled. 



>49. ASPARAGUS. Cor. inferior, 6-parted. Style 

 very short ; stigmas 3. Berry 3-celled, cel!> 

 seeded. 



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