SYNOPSIS OF GENERA. xlf 



Caps, elongated, narrowed at the base, 3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 roundish, naked. Hypoxideae, p. 354. 



PONTEDERIA. Perianth inferior, 6-parted, 2-lipped ; under side of 

 the tube with 3 longitudinal perforations. Stem, unequally inserted ; 

 3 of them upon the summit of the tube. Caps, muricate, 1-seeded. 

 Pontederea, p. 368. 



*** Floicers icith a single corol-like perianth. 



ALETRIS. Perianth tubular-ovate, 6-cleft, wrinkled. Stam. inserted 

 upon the orifice. Style 3-sided, 3-parted. Caps, half-superior, 3-cell- 

 ed, many-seeded. Asphodelca, p. 364. 



LOPHIOLA. Perianth 6-parted, woolly, bearded inside. Anth. erect. 

 Fil. naked. Stig. simple. Caps, opening at the summit. Hxmo- 

 doracea, p. 374. 



AGAVE. Perianth superior, tubular, funnel-form, 6-parted. Stam. 

 longer than the corol, erect. Caps, triangular, many-seeded. Bro- 

 meliacece, p. 375. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Perianth large, persistent, campanulate, 6-cleft. 

 Stam. declined. Stig. somewhat villous. Asphodeiea, p. 362. 



ORNITHOGALUM. Perianth 6-parted, spreading above. Fil. dilated at 

 the base. AsphodelecK, p. 362. 



NARTHECIUTYI. Perianth 6. parted, coloured. Fil. hairy. Caps:, pris- 

 matic, 3-celled. Seed appenctaged at each extremity. Juncece, p. 374^ 



ASPARAGUS. Perianth inferior, 6-parted. Style very short. Stig. 3. 

 Her. 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Asphodelece, p. 363. 



ERYTHRONIUM. Perianth campanulate, 6-parted ; segments reflexed ; 

 the 3 inner ones usually with a callous tooth on each side near the base, 

 a,nd a nectariferous pore. Caps, superior, roundish, somewhat stiped. 

 Liliacece, p. 365. 



LILIUM. Perianth campanulate, deeply 6-parted ; segments mostly 

 reflexed, marked with a longitudinal nectariferous line. Stig. entire. 

 Caps, superior, 3-sided. Liliacece, p. 364. 



UVULARIA. Perianth inferior, 6-parted, erect ; segments with a nec- 

 tariferous 'cavity at base. Fil. very short, growing to the anthers. 

 Stig. reflexed. Caps. 3-sided, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds many, sub- 

 globose, arillate at the hilum. Smilacete, p. 361. 



SMILACINA. Perianth 6-parted, spreading. Stam. attached to the 

 base of the segments. Ber. globose, 3-celled. Smilacecc, p. 357. 



CLINTONIA. Perianth 6-parted, bell-form. Stam. inserted at the 

 base. Style compressed. Sli. 2-lobed, compressed. Ber. 2-celled ; 

 cells many- seeded. Smilacece, p. 358. -v 1 



POLYGONATUM. Perianth 6-cleft, cylindrical. Stam. inserted on the 

 upper part of the tube. Ber. 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Smilacete, p. 



STREPTOPUS. Perianth 6-parted ; segments with a nectariferous pore 

 at base. Anth. longer than the filaments. Stig. very short. Ber. 

 subglobose, smooth, 3-celled. Seeds few. Smilacecc, p. 359. 



**** Flowers with a single calyx-like perianth, not spathed. 

 ORONTIUM. Spad. cylindric, crowded with flowers. Perianth C-pe- 

 tailed, naked. Style and stigma scarcely any. Cans, bladder-like. 1. 

 swded. Aroidece, p. 381. 



