>251. LlLIACE^. 



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Periauthium siibglumaceous. Testa pale and | ^ , j » 



soft. Style 1. - . - J--44. .njNCE^E. 



Perianthium coloured. Testa black and brittle. 

 Style 1. 

 Flowers from the axillae of solitary bractese 247. Asphodele^. 

 Flowers surrounded by petaloid bracteaj - 248. Gilliesie^e. 

 Perianthium dilated and coloured. Testa soft 



or spongy. Style 1. 

 Styles 3 or 1, trifid. Testa membranous. Leaves )„,,i ^ 

 broad. Stem often twining or branching y 



Fruit capsular. Embryo external, remote from the ) ^,^.1 -p^ 

 hilum. Jb lowers glumaceous, capitate - J 



*** Spadice.v.. 



Calyx and corolla absent, or imferfectly developed in the form of 

 herbaceous scales, which are equal in size, and uniform in colour: 

 {the number of scales usually 2 or 4). 



Ovarium inferior - . . „ . 257. BALANOPHOREiE. 



Ovarium superior. 



Flowers on a spadix. 



Fruit consisting of fibrous drupes, collected in parcels V^ri -n 



n 1 • • 5 254. PANDANE^t. 



into many-celled pencarpia - - J 



Fruit simple, succulent or dry. 



Spadix in a spatha. Anthers suhsessile, cordate. Jefrr & ' 



Segments of the perianthium sessile -. ^ -o • 



Spadix naked, or nearly so. Anthers cuneate. Fila- "^ 

 ments long, lax. Segments of perianthium in the J 255. Typhace^e. 

 male flowers unguiculate - • - - j 



Flowers on a rachis, or solitary. 

 Leafy and caulescent. 



Ovules pendulous - ... 258. Fluviales. 



0\'ules erect .... 25J). JuncaginejE. 



Leafless and stemless - - _ . 260. Pistiace^. 



TiuBE II.— GLUMACE^. 



Flowers destitute of true calyx and corolla, but enveloped in imbricated 



bractece. 



Leafsheaths entire. Embryo undivided, included within the )„,,-, ^i 



albumen. Stem angular" - . . J 2G2. Cyperace^. 



Leafsheaths slit. Embryo lenticular, on the outside of the \ .-,„, --, 



albumen, with a naked plumula. Stem cylindrical - S" ' ^^^ ^ ''^' 



Class II.— CELLULARES. 



Neither sexes, flowers, nor spiral vessels. 



* FlLICOIDE.i:. 



A distinct axis and vascular system. 



Reproductive organs in terminal cones ... 26.3. Equisetace.e. 



Reproductive organs dorsal, in thecse or naked . . 264. Filices. 



Reproductive organs in axillary thecae ... 265. Lycopodiace.e. 



Reproductive organs in thecae enclosed within indehiscent > .,^,. u, 



involucra - . . . .5 -<^^'- ^ARSILEACEiE. 



