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475. Flower solitary. 



Dwarf alpine plant ; root creeping ; leaves narrow ; flowers 

 comparatively large ; sepals petaloid ; petals similar to the 

 sepals ; anthers remaining straight ; fruit dry, dehiscent. 



Herpolirion. 1858 



Flowers several or many in the inflorescence ... 476 



476. Pollen-bearing anthers three. 



Leaves narrow, all basal ; root fascicular-fibrous ; flowers in 

 a terminal umbel ; sepals petaloid ; petals similar to the 

 sepals, pink ; anthers deeply bilobed ; fruit dry, dehiscent, 

 few-seeded. Scwerbaea. 1859 



Pollen-bearing anthers six ... ... ... ... 477 



477. Fruit slightly three-lobed, few-seeded. 



Plants never tall, often somewhat branched; root-fibres 

 tuberously thickened ; sepals and petals rather persistent, 

 spirally twisted after flowering, blue or pale ; fruit dry, 

 dehiscent ; seeds turgid, provided with a conspicuous 

 appendage. Caesia. 1860 



Fruit conspicuously three-lobed, many-seeded. 



Dwarf plants; root-fibres tuberously thickened; leaves broad- 

 linear, all basal, flaccid ; flowers in a terminal simple or 

 compound corymb ; sepals and petals twisted after flower- 

 ing, blue or exceptionally white ; anthers at last semi- 

 circularly curved ; fruit dry, dehiscent ; seeds much 

 compressed, without any conspicuous appendage. 



Chamaescilla. 1861 



478. Sepals and petals spirally twisted after flowering. 



Perennial rather tall plants, much branched ; leaves rudi- 

 mentary or early evanescent ; flowers small, interruptedly 

 spicate or dispersed ; sepals and petals rather persistent, 

 pale, disconnected ; fruit dry, consisting usually of a 

 solitary fruitlet, with one or two seeds ; seeds turgid, with 

 a conspicuous appendage. Corynotheca. 1862 



Sepals and petals remaining straight ... ... ... 479 



479. Sepals and petals disconnected. 



Perennial dwarf plants ; root-fibres thin ; leaves rigid, very 

 narrow, often tufted ; flowers small, in clusters or head- 

 lets ; sepals and petals similar, both persistent, almost 

 white or pale-reddish ; fruit dry, dehiscent ; seeds few, 

 without any appendage. Bartlingia. 1863 



