VL ORDER I. 43' 



B. Flowers with a spathe or glume without a perianth. 



Hypoxis. Glume-like spathe 2-valvcd : corol superior, 

 6'-parted, permanent : capsule elongated, narrow at the 

 base : seeu roundish. 



Jlllium. Spathe many flowered : petals inferior, ovate, 

 spreading, sessile. (Flowers in close umbels or heads.) 



Narcissus. Petals 6, equal, superior : nectary bell- 

 form, 1 -leafed, including* the stamens. 



Pontederia. Corol interior, 6-cleft, 2 lipped : capsule 

 fleshy, 3-ceIIed, many seeded : 3-stamens commonly in- 

 serted on the tip, and* three on the tube of the corol. 



C. Flowers without a calyx. 



Hemerocattis. Corol 6-parted, tub ular-funn el-form : 

 stamens declined : stigma small, simple. 



Erythronium. Corol liliaceous, inferior, 6-petalled ^ 

 petals reflcxed, having 2 tubercle-form nectaries at the 

 base of the three inner alternate petals. 



Asparagus. Corol inferior, deeply 6-parted, erect ; 

 the three inner divisions reflexed at the apex: berry 3- 

 celled ; many-seeded. 



Hyacinthus. Corol roundish or bell-form, equal, 6-cIcft : 

 nectariferous pores at the top of the germ : stamens in- 

 serted in the middle of the corol : cells somewhat 2-seeded 



Lilium. Corol inferior liliaceous 6-petalled ; petals 

 with a longitudinal line from the middle to the base : stig- 

 ma 3-Iobed | capsule, with the valves connected by hairs 

 crossing as in a sieve. 



Tidipa. Corol 6-petalled, liliaceous : style none. 



Fritillaria. Corol 6-petalled, bell-form, with a necta- 

 riferous cavity above the claw of each : stamens of the 

 length of the corol : seeds flat. 



Convallaria. Corol inferior, 6-cleft : berry S-celled, 

 spotted before ripening. 



Uvularia. Corol inferior, 6-petalled, with a nectari- 

 ferous hollow at the base of each petal : filaments very 

 short. 



* Trientalis, Polygonum, Laurus, Corydalis. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 



Orysca. Calyx, glume 2-valved, 1-flowered : corol 2- 

 valved, adhering to tlie seed* 



* Ulmiis. 



