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Anther adnate to the filaments ; 2-celled ; cells opening longitudi- 

 nally. 



Ber. rupturing at an early period, leaving the large, naked, drupe-form 

 seed elevated on its funic. 



158. BERBERIS. Calyx 6-leaved; pet. 6, with 2 glands on each claw; 

 style ; stig. umbilicate ; berry 1 -celled, 2 4-seeded. 



159. F RINGS. Calyx minute, 6-cleft ; cor. monopetalous, subrotate, 6- 

 parted ; berry 6-seeded. 



B. Flowers spathaceous. 



160. ALLIUM. Cor. 6-petaled, spreading ; spath. many-flowered ; umb. 

 crowded ; caps, superior, 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



161. HYPOXIS. Spath. 3-valved ; cor. superior, 6-parted, persistent; 

 caps, elongated, narrowed at the base, 3-celled, many-seeded ; seeds 

 roundish, naked. 



162. PONTEDERI A. Corolla inferior, 6-cleft, bilabiate ; under side 

 of the tube perforated with 3 longitudinal foramina ; the lower part 

 persistent, calycine ; stamens unequally inserted ; 3 of them upon 

 the summit of the tube. Utric. muricate, 1-seeded. 



C. Flowers naked. 

 (Without a spathe ; perianth single, petaloid.) 



163. ALETRIS. Corolla tubulous-ovate, 6-cleft at the summit, rugose, 

 persistent ; stamens inserted upon the orifice ; style triquetrous, tri- 

 partile ; capsule semi-superior, many-seeded, opening at the sum- 

 mit. 



164. HEMEROCALLIS. Corolla campanulate ; tube cylindric; 

 stamens declined ; stigmas rather small, simple, somewhat villous. 



165. ORNITHOGALUM. Cor. 6-petaled, persistent, spreading above 

 the middle ; calyx ; fil. dilated at the base ; caps, superior, round- 

 ish, 3-celled ; seeds roundish. 



166. LILIUM. Cor. 6-petaled, campanulate; pet. mostly reflexed, 

 marked with a longitudinal nectariferous line ; stamens shorter than 

 the style ; stigma entire ; caps, superior, subtriangular ; valves con- 

 nected by cancellate hairs. 



167. ERYTHRONIUM. Cor. 6-petaled, subcampanulate ; petals re- 

 flexed ; the interior ones with a callous tooth on each side near the 

 base, and a nectariferous pore; caps, superior, substipitate ; seeds 

 ovate. 



168. UVULARIA. Corolla inferior, 6-petaled, erect; petals with a 

 nectariferous cavity at the base of each ; fil. very short ; anth. ad- 

 nate ; stigma reflexed ; caps, triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves 

 sepiferous in the middle; seeds numerous, subglobose, axillate at 

 the hilum. 



169. STREPTOPUS. Corolla inferior, 6-petaled, subcampanulate; 

 stigmas very short; berry subglobose, smooth, 3-celled; seeds few, 

 hilum naked. 



170. CONV ALL ARIA. Cor. inferior, 6-cleft ; berry globose, spotted, 

 3-celled. 



D. Flowers incomplete. (Perianth single, resembling a 

 calyx.) 



171. ORONTIUM. Spad. cylindric, crowded with flowers; cor. fr 

 petaled, naked ; style and stigma scarcely any ; utric. 1-seeded. 



