Victorian Plants. 



AIVIARYLLIDEAE. 



455. Stamens connate. 



Bulbous plants ; leaves narrow ; flowering stem sometimes 

 developed before the leaves ; flowers rather small, um- 

 bellate ; calyx-lobes petaloid ; petals similar to the calyx- 

 lobes ; fruit rather succulent, indehiscent, usually one- 

 seeded. Calostemma. 1827 



Stamens disconnected ... ... ... ... 456 



456. Tube of the calyx much longer than the fruit. 



Bulbous lily-like plants ; leaves much elongated ; flowers 

 whitish, usually very large and umbellate; calyx-lobes 

 quite petaloid; petals similar to the calyx -lobes; stamens 

 curved downwards ; fruit somewhat succulent, tardily 

 and irregularly ruptured ; seeds few or one, often resem- 

 bling small bulbs. Figure 116. Crimini. 1828 



Tube of calyx as long as the fruit. 



Bulbous plants ; leaves often narrow ; flowers solitary or 

 two together or few in racemes or umbels, usually rather 

 small ; calyx-lobes semipetaloid ; petals similar to the 

 calyx-lobes, often yellow inside ; fruit hardly or tardily 

 dehiscent, small, many-seeded. Hypoxis. 1829 



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457. Style three-cleft 458 



Style undivided ... .. ... ... ... 465 



458. Tall climbers or twiners 459 



Erect or spreading plants ... ... ... ... 460 



459. Flowers in umbels. 



Tendrils often present; leaves broad, net-venuled; staminate 

 and pistillate flowers on separate plants ; sepals distinct ; 

 petals similar to the sepals ; fruit succulent, indehiscent, 

 one- or two-seeded. Figure 117. " Sarsaparilla. " 



Sxnilax. 1830 



Flowers in racemes. 



Tendrils absent ; leaves broad, net-venuled ; stamens and 

 pistils in the same flowers ; sepals distinct ; petals similar 

 to the sepals ; fruit succulent, indehiscent, one- or two- 

 seeded. Rhipogonum. 1831 



