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a. TillandsiecB — capsula libera : — Tillandsia^ GuZ' 

 manma, Bonapartea, DjcMa, Pourretia^ Dasjlirion 



b. Pitcairniecs — capsula semilibera : Pitcairnia^ Broc- 

 chinia. 



c. Ananassece — amalthaea baccata: — Billhergia^ Aech- 

 mea, Bromelia, Ananassa .... 



F A M. 66. T U L I P A C E iE. s. L i 1 i a c e ae. 



Hbae bulbosae, caule simplici -<<, 1-co-floro, foliis alternis 

 elongat, nervosis, rarius imis, v. opposit., verticillatis, petiolat. 

 et reticulato-venosis. Flores monoclini, perigonio liliaceo, re- 

 g^ilari, dialymero <*, sepalidiis et petalidiis passim bomomor- 

 phis et basi fovea v. rima nectariflua praeditis; stam. 6, hy- 

 pogyna, vix perigonio adnata, antheris normal. v. perischizis. 

 Oparii synstyh locuh 3 antesepahni, ovuhs oo centrali-hori- 

 zontahb. biseriatis -!^, anatropis. Capsula locuhcida, raro sep- 

 licida: semina oo , biseriata el compressa <1, testa tenur, fus- 

 ca v. pahida, raro spongiosa, tegmine tenuissimo, afljumini 

 carnoso ■<* adnato; embryo parvus, axihs <: — Gagea.,Lloj' 

 dia, Calochortus, Orithjia, Tulipa, Erjlhronium ; — Petilium., 

 Fritillaria, Bhinopetalum , LUium; — McthouicaP 



F A M. 67. A S P H O D E L A C E ^. 



Hbae scapigeraf , buh^osse v. caulescentes, caudice v. rhizo- 

 niis j)assim tuberosis, fohis sparsis, nervosis, partim carnosis 

 V. fistulosis. Flores cymoso-racemosi, panicul. v. umbellati, pe- 

 rigonio hliaceo, utplurim. regulari, dialy- v. symmero, passim 

 dimorplio v. inconspicuo. Stam. 6(3) perigyna v. fere hy- 

 pogyna, antheris introrsis. Ovarium liljer:-, raro semiinnatum, 

 synstylum , loculis 3 ant^sepalinis , ovulis co , biseriatis, ana- 

 tropis, raro amplii - campylotropis, geminis v. solitariis. Cap- 

 sula 3-IocuI., loculicida, raro subunilocular. v. dialymera 

 (Tricorjne) ; semina forma varia, saepe nigra, testa ct teg- 



