MONOCOTYLEDONS. ASPHODELE/T:. 183 



Order VII. ASPARAGE.E. Juss. 

 {Smilacece, Br.) 

 Peria?iih6- or fc'-partite, or 6-c^eft, petaloid, regular. Slcnn. 3—6 

 or 8, livpovvnous or perigynous, the three opposite the outer 

 segments usually of a different form. Ovary superior, 3 — 4- 

 celled ; cells 1—2- or many-seeded. Shjle \. Stigma tripar- 

 tite. Fruit, a berrv. Integument of the seeds generally mem- 

 branous, yllbumen coi'ueous. 



1. ASPARAGUS. 

 Perianth 6-partite. Slam. 6. Berry 3-celled. Cells 2-seeded. 



1. A. officinalis, unarmed, stem herbaceous erect rounded very 

 much branched, leaves setaceous fasciculate flexible, peduncles 

 jointed in the middle, p. 103. — Sands, sea-side. 



2. RUSCUS. 

 Dioecious. Barre?i Fl. Peria?ith 6-\)?irt\te. Filame7its uuhed'mto 

 a tube. y//.'//?. 3 — 6. Fertile FL Perianth 6-partite. Nectary 

 tubular. Style 1. Stigma I. Berry 3-celled; cells '2-seeded. 

 i . R. aculealus, stem rigid branched, leaves ovato-acuminate very 

 rigid be.iring the solitary flower on its upper surface, p. 28S. 

 — IVbods, rare. 



3, CONVALLARIA, 



Perianth campanulate or cylindrical, 6-cleft. Berry 3-celled. 

 Stigma trigonous. 



* Flowers campanulate. 



l.C.?wq;aZ/5, scape semicylindrical, leaves ovato-lanceolatebinous, 

 flowers racemoso-spicate campanulate drooping on short foot- 

 stalks, p. 103. — Woods. 



** Floicers cylindrical. 



2. C. verticillata, leaves lanceolate whorled. p. 103. — Woods, 

 rare. 



3. C. multijiora, leaves ovalo-elliptical alternate half embracing 

 the rounded stern with their base, peduncles axillary 1-or many- 

 flowered, filaments hairy, style flexuose. p. 104. — Woods. 



4. PARIS. 



Perianth 8-partite, four inner segments somewhat coloured. Stain. 

 8. Cells of the Anth. fixed, one on each side the middl-e of a 

 subulate^Za??ie«^. Stigmas 4. ^erry 4-celled, 4-secdcd. 



1. P. cjuadrifolia. p. 122. — Wet woods. 



Order VIII. ASPHODELEJE. Ji/ss. Br. 



Perianth 6-partite, or 6 -cleft, petaloid, regular. Slam.- 6, 

 either perigynous or hypogynous^ the three opposite the outer 



