118 J UNCACEAE 
2. Flowers not with chaffy perianth, perianth colored. 
Flowers with 6 stamens. 
Ovary situated above the perianth. 
Fruit a capsule. 
Capsule splitting at the partitions. 
BuncH FiLowrer Famiry MELANTHACEAE 
Capsule splitting between the partitions. 
Flowers in loose clusters or solitary. 
: : Lity Famity LILITACEAE 
Tioga in rounded umbels. Tribe ALLIOIDEAE 
Fruit a fleshy berry. 
Vines climbing by tendril. 
Sminax Famity SMILACEAE 
Titer iets we perfect flowers CONVALLARIACEAE 
Ovary situated below the perianth. 
Erect herbs. AMARYLLIS Famiry AMARYLLIDACEAE 
Herbaceous vine . YAm Famity DIOSCOREACEAE 
Flowers with 3 stamens. 
Ovary situated wholly or partly below the perianth. 
Stamens opposite the inner corolla segments. 
Buoopwort Famity HAEMODORACEAE 
Stamens opposite the outer.segments of the corolla. 
. Ints Famitry IRIDACEAE 
Famity I.—JUNCACEAE. Tur Rusu FAamIny 
Grass-like herbs with small dry, greenish flowers much resem- 
bling the grasses, but having the divisions of the lily order. The 
perianth is of 6 parts, glume-like, in 2 series, all equal and regu- 
lar. Stamens 6 (rarely 3); style 1; ovary 1-celled or 3-celled. 
y 9); sty > : 
Inflorescence in spreading or elongated clusters, often one-sided. 
Capsule many-seeded . . . . . =. «© « - Juncus 
Capsule 3-seeded  . |. 1 ANI oe. eee 
1. JUNCUS, L. 
Plants principally inhabiting swamps or wet ground. Leaves grass- 
like. Stamens 6 or 3. Capsule 1- or 3-celled. Seeds many. Flowers 
usually on a long, cylindric scape, which to most people is mistaken for 
the leaf. This long scape forms the rush that is used for various purposes. 
