CLASS VI. ORDER I. 351 



divided; divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded 

 (flowers inclose umbels or heads). 9. 16- (leek, garlic, onion, cives). S. 



HYPOX''IS. Glume-like spatha, 2-valved ; corolla superior, 6-parted, perma- 

 nent ; capsule elongated, narrow at the base, 3-celled, many -seeded ; seed 

 roundish. 10. 17 (star-grass). S. 



PONTEDE'RIA. Corolla inferior, 6-cleft, 2-lipped, with 3 longitudinal per- 

 forations below ; capsule with utricles, fleshy, 3-celled, many-seeded ; 3 sta- 

 mens commonly inserted on the tip, and 3 on the tube of the corolla. 6. 17 

 (pickerel weed). 5. 



Exotic. 



GALAN"THUS. Petals 3, concave, superior ; nectaries (or inner petals) 3 

 small, emarginate ; stigma simple. 6. '17 (snowdrop). 



NARCIS"SUS. Corolla bell-form, spreading, 6-parted or six petalled, equal, 

 superior ; nectary bell-form, 1-leafed, enclosing the stamens. 9. 17 (jonquil, 

 daffodil). 



C. Flowers having no calyx. 



HEMEROCAL"LIS. Corolla 6-parted, tubular, funnel-form ; stamens declined ; 

 stigma small, simple, somewhat villose. 10. 16 (day-lilyj. 



ORNITHOG"ALUM. Corolla 6-petalled, inferior, erect, permanent, spreading 

 above the middle ; filaments dilated, or subulate, at the base ; capsule round- 

 ish, angled, 3 celled ; seed roundish, naked. 10. 16 (star of Bethlehem). $>. 



LI'LIUM. Corolla liliaceous, inferior, 6-petalled ; petals with a longitudinal 

 line from the middle to the base ; stamens shorter than the style ; stigma undi- 

 vided ; capsule sub-triangular, with the valves connected by hairs crossing 

 as in a seive. 10. 14 (lily). S. 



ERYTHRO'NIUM. Corolla liliaceous, inferior, 6-petalled ; petals reflexed, 

 having two pores and two tubercle-form nectaries at the base of the three in- 

 ner alternate petals ; capsule somewhat stiped ; seeds ovate. 11. 14 (dog- 

 tooth violet, or adder tongue). .S. 



UVULA'RIA. Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, with a nectariferous hollow at the 

 base of each petal ; filaments very short, growing to the anthers ; stigmas re- 

 flex ; capsule 3-cornered, 3-celled, 3-valved ; with transverse partitions ; seeds 

 many, sub-globose, arilled at the hilum. 1 1, 14 (bell-wort). S. 



CONVALLA'RIA. SMILACI'NA. POLYGONA'TUM. DRAC^'NA. Corolla in- 

 ferior, 6-cleft ; berry globose, 3-celled, spotted before ripening. 11. 12 (solo- 

 mon seal). /S. 



ASPAR'AGUS. Corplla inferior, 6-parted, erect ; the three inner divisions re- 

 flexed at the apex : style very short ; stigmas 3 ; berry 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. 

 11. 12 (asparagus). 



Exotic. 



POLYAN'THES. Corolla funnel-form, incurved ; filaments inserted in the 

 throat : stigma 3-cleft : germ within the bottom of the corolla. 10. 17 (tu- 

 berose). 



HYACIN"THUS. Corolla roundish or bell-form, equal, 6-cleft ; three necta- 

 riferous pores at the top of the germ : stamens inserted in the middle of the 

 corolla; cells somewhat 2-seeded. 10. 16 (hyacinth). 



TU'LIPA. Corolla 6-petalled, liliaceous, style 0; stigma thick ; capsule ob- 

 long, 3-sided. 10. 14 (tulip). 



ASPHO'DELUS. Corolla 6-parted, spreading ; nectary covering the germ 

 with 6 valves. 10. 16 (king's spear, or asphodel). 

 Southern. 



FRITTILLA'RIA. Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, bell-form, with a nectariferous 

 cavity above the claw of each ; stamens of the length of the corolla ; seeds 

 flat. 10. 14 (crown imperial). 



SCIL/'LA. Corolla 6-petalled, spreading, caducous ; filaments thread-form, 

 attached to the base of the petals. 10. 14 (squills). 



1). Flowers incomplete ; having perianth-like calyx or corolla ; but neither in 

 perfection 



AC"ORUS. Receptacle spadix-like, cylindric, covered with florets ; calyx 6- 

 parted, naked ; corolla (or calyx none, corolla 6-parted or 6-petalled) : style 

 none : stigma a mere point ; capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded. 2. 13 (sweet flag). S. 



JUN"CUS. Glume or outer calyx, 2-valved ; perianth inferior, 6-leaved, 

 glume-like, permanent ; stigmas 3: capsules 1 or 2- celled, 3-valved, many seed- 

 ed ; seeds attached to a partition in the middle of each valve. 5. 13 (rush- 

 grass, bulrush). -S. 



