Uo. LILIACE.E. 



[1. Smilax. 



Stems subterranean, rhizomatous. Fruit sub- 

 3-1 coccous, pericarp evanescent . 

 b. Ovules many in each cell. L. usually thick and 

 spinose : — 

 i. Filaments not inserted in a pit in the connec- 

 tive : — 

 Fls. relatively small, panicled, tube short. 

 Frt. baccate ...... 



Fls. large, tepals nearly free, anths. small on 



a thick filament. Frt. capsular or baccate . 



ii. Fil. inserted in a pit in the connective : — • 



Tepals connate or conniving nearly to tip. L. 



spinous ....... 



2. Scarcely woody with short rhizome. L. not very 

 thick, often distichous. Ovules many (2-6 in 

 Disporum) :■ — 



a. L. linear elongate. Rhizome short woody : — 

 Fls. few large erect irregularly panicled, funnel- 

 shaped with short tube. Fil. inserted in a pit. 

 Frt. 3-gonous ...... 



Fls. mod.-sized laxly cymose on the panicles. 

 Tepals free, filaments thickened. Frt. baccate 



b. L. short or tips cirrhose. Rhizome tuberous or 



creeping. Anthers extrorse : — 

 Erect. Fls. sub-umbellate on recurved pedicels. 

 Scrambling or climbing. Fls. large axillary soh- 



tary 



II. Herbaceous with rootstock a bulb or conn or very short 

 with a fascicle of tuberous roots (roots fibrous in Aspho- 

 (lelus). L. mostly radical (exc. Iphigenia). Fls. in 

 involucrate innbels or radical racemose scapes : — 



A. Fls. in heads or umbels sheathed by 1-more spathes 



(cultivated only in our area) : — 

 Rootstock with many very fleshy fibres. Fls. large 



blue (rarely white) ...... 



Rootstock a tunicate bulb. Fls. small or mod.-sized 



Odour characteristic (alUaceous) .... 



B. Flowers racemose or fascicled in racemes (in axils of 



leaf-like bracts in Iphigenia) : — 



1. Rootstock a bulb or corm : — 

 «. Fls. on a leafless scape : — 



L. appearing after the fls. Seeds flattened 

 L. and fls. coaetaneous. Seeds globose or ovoid 

 b. Raceme leafy or fls. subcorymbose . 



2. Rootstock small with many fleshy or tuberous roots 



or root annual : — 



a. Ovules 2 in each cell. Seeds wrinkled 



b. Ovules 4 or more in each cell : — 



Raceme often dense. Capsule prominently 3- 

 angled ....... 



Raceme very lax. Capsule not prominently 3- 

 angled 



4. Sanseviera. 



5. Cordjjline. 



6. Yucca. 



Aloe. 



Hemerocallis 



(p. 1092). 

 . Dianella. 



9. Disporum. 

 10. Gloriosa. 



Agapanthus 



(p. 1094). 

 11, Allium. 



12. Urginea. 



13. Scilla. 



14. Iphigenia. 



15. Asphodelus. 



16. Chlorophylum. 



Anthericum 



(p. 1099). 



1. SMILAX, L. 



Shrubs (rarely herbs) usually climbing by their twisted petioles 

 and by the 2 stipular tendrils produced from above their leaf -sheaths. 

 Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, persistent, 3-5-basal or sub-basal- 

 nerved and reticulate, petiole short, often articulate above the ten- 

 drils, sheath often dilated. Flowers small, usually greenish or white, 

 dioecious, in umbels, umbels solitary or panicled. Tepals free, 6. 

 Male fl. with usually 6 (sometimes more) stamens at the base of the 

 perianth, free ; anthers didymous, oblong or linear-oblong, or the 



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