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470. Fruit somewhat succulent. 



Rather succulent plants ; leaves narrow ; flowers in racemes ; 

 sepals distinct ; petals similar to the sepals, with them 

 generally yellow and remaining straight, deciduous; fruit 

 dehiscent, lobeless, few-seeded. Bulbine. 1849 



Fruit dry ... ... ... ... ... ... 471 



471. Fruit consisting of three one-seeded indehiscent fruit- 



lets, one or two sometimes failing. 



Plants rather dwarf ; root fascicular-fibrous ; flowers in 

 terminal umbels ; sepals and petals rather persistent, 

 spirally twisted after flowering. Tricoryne. 1850 



Fruit dehiscent, lobeless, many-seeded ... ... 472 



472. Anthers soon revolute. 



Plants rather tall ; root creeping ; leaves narrow, rigid ; 

 umbels or corymbs often paniculated ; sepals and petals 

 similar to each other, persistent, both remaining almost 

 straight ; seeds much compressed. Stypandra. 1851 



Anthers remaining straight. 



Root-fibres tuberously thickened ; leaves narrow, flaccid ; 

 flowers in a simple or compound raceme ; petals often 

 somewhat fringed ; sepals and petals persistent, both 

 remaining almost straight ; seeds turgid, angular. 



Art hr op odium. 1852 



473. Petals much fringed. 



Plants seldom tall ; root -fibres often tuberously thickened ; 

 flowers umbellate or few together; sepals and petals rather 

 persistent, twisted after flowering, pink or purplish ; 

 stamens bent downward, three or six, and then unequal; 

 anthers unchanging in form; fruit dry, dehiscent, 

 lobeless; seeds provided with an appendage. " Fringe - 

 lilies." Figure 119. Thysanotus. 1855 



Petals fringeless 474 



474. Stems branchless or hardly branched... ... ... 475 



Stems well branched ... ... 478 



