30 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
SUBFAMILY I.—LILIACEZ PROPER. 
Not tendril-climbers, rarely diccious. 
A. 
Styles or sessile stigmas 3, more or less separate. 
Leaves 3-ranked, strongly nerved and plaited. Flowers some- 
what moneecious, small. Veratrum, I. 
Leaves flat, lanceolate, or spatulate. Flowers dicecious, showy. 
Chamelirium, II. 
Leaves grass-like. Flowers perfect, showy. Amianthium, III. 
B. 
Style undivided (in No. XXIII, 3 sessile stigmas). Plants from root- 
stocks. 
Leaves perfoliate. Flowers solitary, drooping, yellow. _ 
Uvularia, IV. 
Leaves broad, clasping. Flowers 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, XVIII. 
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, 
greenish, on pedicels jointed near the flower. . 
Polygonatum, XXI. 
