HEXANDRIA. 99 



'** Flowers spatfiacecus. 



1. Gaj.anthus. Verianth superior, of 6 leaves, the three inte- 

 rior ones shorter, emarginate. 



2. Narcissus. Pe;io;zf/« superior, of 6 leaves. Nectary {:a.m- 

 panulate, petaiiform, including the stnm. 



3. Allium. Periantli inferior, of 6 petals; petals ovate, sessile 

 (flowers umhellate). 



*** Flowers naked {Perianth single, petaloid, without a spatha). 



10. CoNVALLARiA. Perianlk inferior, (j-cleft. Berry 3-celled, 

 Stigma 8-gonous. 



6. HvAciNTHUs. Perianth inferior, tuhular, 6-cleft, or G -par- 

 tite, the extremities spreading. Stam. filiform. Cop^. obtuselv 

 triangular. 



9. Asparagus. Perianth inferior, 6-partite. Berry 3-ce]led. 

 Stigmas 3. 



8. Narthecium. Perfaw^A inferior, of 6 patent leaves. Seeds 

 appendiculate at each extremity. Stam. hairy. 



5. Ornithogalum. Perianth inferior, of 6 leaves. Stam, di- 

 lated at the base. 



7. Scilla. Perianth inferior, of 6 leaves, spreading, decidu- 

 ous. Stam. filiform, glabrous. Seeds spherical. 



4. TuLiPA. Pe'r207z^/i inferior, campanulate, of 6 leaves. Style 0. 

 Seeds plane. 



**** Flowers incomplete {Perianth single, more resembling a Calyx^). 



11. JuNcus. PerzQwM of 6 leaves, glumaceous. Copj. supe- 

 rior, 3-celled, 3-valved; t/aZye^ bearing the partitions down 

 their middle, to which the immerous seeds are fixed. {Leaves 

 rounded, rarely plane, glabrous.) 



12. LuzuLA. Pena//M of 6 leaves, glumaceous. Cr/p5. supe- 

 rior, 3-celled, 3-valved; va^ye^ without partitions, 1 seed \n 

 each cell, fixed to the bottom. {Leaves plane, generally pilose.) 



{Peplis Portula, Div. *. Some Polygona, Oct. Trig.) 



2. DIGYNIA. 



15. Oxyria. Perianth single, of 4 leaves, two inner ones lar- 

 ger. Nut triquetrous, with a broad winged membranous mar- 

 gin. Embryo erect, inverted. Hill, Syst. Feget. 10. p. 24. 

 Decand. Syn. Fl. Gall. p. 194 {subgenus). Brown in App. 

 to Ross's Voyage, ed. 2. v. 2. p. 192. Donia, Br. in Rosa's 

 Voyage, ed. 1. Rheum, IVahl. Lapp. 



' According to the generally received idea of Cat. and Cor. (when the 

 covering- is single), it will be hard to say whi-ther tha:; of the ./((wc/ should be 

 one or the other. 



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