484 LILlACEiE 



Section I. Asparage^. — The Asparagus Group 

 Never bulbous ; fruit berry-like 



1. Ruscus. — Stem woody, with flattened, leaf-like branches, 

 minute, scale-like leaves, dioecious flowers and united filaments. 



2. Asparagus. — Stem succulent, branched ; ultimate branches 

 bristle-like ; stamens not united. 



3. PoLYGONATUM. — Stem leafy ; flowers axillary ; perianth 

 tubular, 6-cleft. 



4. Maianthemum.- — Ste4n erect, with few leaves ; flowers in a 

 terminal raceme, generally 4-merous. 



5. Convallaria. — Leaves 2 — 3, radical; flowers in a terminal 

 raceme, bell-shaped, 6-merous. . 



Section II. Asphodele^e. — The Asphodel Group 

 Generally bulbous ; leaves radical ; scape leafless ; fruit a capsule 



6. SiMETHis.— Not bulbous ; leaves grass-like ; flowers in a 

 panicle, 6-merous. 



7. Allium. — Flowers m an umbel, with a i — 2-leaved mem- 

 branous spathe. 



8. MuscARL — FZ^z£J^r5 in a bracteate raceme ; ^maw//z globular. 



9. SciLLA. — Flowers in a bracteate raceme ; perianth-segments 

 free, spreading, blue, purple, or white, deciduous. 



10. Endymion. — Flowers in a bracteate raceme; perianth-seg- 

 ments united, campanulate. 



11. Ornithogalum. — Flowers in a bracteate, sometimes 

 corymbose raceme ; perianth white, persistent, of 6 free, spread- 

 ing segments. 



Section III. TuLfpE.^.— T/z^ Tulip Group 



* Bulbous ; leaves radical and cauline ; fruit a capsule 



*i2. LiLiUM. — Flowers few, large; perianth-leaves 6, free, 

 spreading, or reflexed, deciduous. 



13. Fritillaria. — F/oz£^<?r.? few, large, drooping ; perianth-leaves 

 6, iree, not reflexed, with a nectary at the base of each, deciduous. 



14. TuLiPA.^ — Flower solitary, large, erect ; perianth-leaves 6, 

 free, without nectaries, deciduous. 



15. Gagea. — Flowers few, small, yellow, umbellate; perianth- 

 leaves 6, free, without nectaries, spreading, persistent. 



16. Lloydia. — Flowers few, small, white ; perianth-leaves 6, free, 

 with transverse nectaries, spreading, persistent. 



