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LILIACE.E. 



Group III. TULIPE^E. The Tulip Group. 

 Like the Squill group, except that the flower-stalk is leafy. 



9. GAGE A. Flowers in an umbel or corymb ; petals 

 6, without a nectary ; anthers erect, attached to the 

 filaments by their bases ; style conspicuous. (Named 

 in honour of Sir Thomas Gage.) 



10. TULIPA (Tulip). Flowers solitary, rarely 2 on a 

 stem ; petals and anthers as in Gagea ; style 0. (Name 

 from toliban, the Persian name for a turban.) 



ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS (Common Asparagus). 



