30 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



SUBFAMILY I. — LILIACE.?<: PROPER. 

 Not tendiril-clmibers, rarely dioecious. 



A. 



Styles or sessile stigmas S, more or less separate. 



Leaves 3-ranked, strongly nerved and plaited. Flowers some- 

 what monoecious, small. Veratrum, I. 



Leaves flat, lanceolate, or spatulate. Flowers dioecious, showy. 



Chamselirium, IL 



Leaves grass-like. Flowers perfect, showy. Amianthium, TIT. 



Sti/le undivided (in No. XX HI, 3 sessile stigmas). Plants from root- 

 stocks. 



Leaves perfoliate. Flowers solitary, drooping, yellow. 



Uvidaria, IV. 



Leaves broad, clasping. Flow'ers solitary or nearly so, drooping, 

 yellow. Oakesia, V. 



Leaves scale-like. Thread-like branches borne in their axils. 

 Flowers small, bell-shaped. Asparagus, XVII. 



Leaves several-many, sessile or clasping, alternate. Flowers 

 small, 6-parted, white, in a terminal simple or compound 

 raceme. • Smilacina, XVII L 



Leaves only 2-3, sessile or slightly petioled. Flowers very 

 small, 4-parted, solitary or in a small terminal cluster. 



Maianthemum, XIX. 



Leaves clasping. Flowers solitary or in pairs, greenish-white or 

 rose-purple, borne on pedicels abruptly bent near the middle. 



Streptopus, XX. 



Leaves nearly sessile or partly clasping. Flowers axillary, 

 gi'eenish, on pedicels jointed near the flower. 



Polygonatum, XXI. 



