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Leaves linear or ensiform, entire, not thick and fleshy. 

 Inflorescence racemose. Perianth cut down to 

 the base. 



Flowers umbellate, umbels subtended by 1-2 mem- 

 branous bracts. Perianth gamophyllous. 



Rootstock bulbous. Peduncle naked. Inflorescence 

 racemose or spicate not subtended by a common 



KEY TO GENERA. 



HEMEROCALLE^. 



Perianth cylindrical. 

 Perianth short, campanulate. 



asphodele^. 

 Allied. 



SCILLE^. 



Kniphofia. 

 notosoeptrum. 



ALOINEiE. 



Perianth with a ventricose tube and short segments. 

 Perianth cylindrical, with a short tube and long conni- 

 vent segments. 



ASPHODELE^. 



Anthers dorsifixed, versatile. 

 Anthers basifixed, erect. 



1 Rootstock not bulbous. Filaments glabrous. 



Ovules 2 in each ceU. 

 1 Rootstock not bulbous. Filaments bearded. 



Ovides more than 2 in each ceU. 

 1 Rootstock bulbous. Stems climbing. Seeds 



naked. 

 1 Rootstock bulbous. Leaves radical. Seeds naked. 

 I Rootstock tuberous. Stems erect. Seeds woolly. 

 2 Capsule obtusely angled. Seeds triquetrous. 

 2 Capsule acutely angled. Seeds flattened. 



Gasteria. 

 Aloe. 



1 



2 



Bulbinella. 



BULBINE. 



Boweia. 



schizobasis. 



Eriospermum. 



Anthericum. 



Chlorophytdm. 



ALLIED. 



Perianth tube short. Corona none. Agapanthus. 



Perianth tube oblong-cylindrical. Corona annular or 



of distinct scales. Tulbaghia. 



SCILLE^. 



Perianth gamophyUous, Seeds crowded, angled or 

 discoid. 



Perianth polyphyllous. Seeds crowded, angled or 

 discoid. 



Perianth polyphyllous. Seeds not crowded, angled or 

 discoid. 

 1 Perianth tube companulate, segments linear, re- 

 flexing. 



Drimia. 



