782 LlLIACEiE. (lily FAMILY.) 



Tribe III. Alilil£^. (Oxion Tribe.) Bu Ibous plants witli scapes. Divisions ot 

 perigonium free. Style arising from base of ovary, received into its central tube, then free. 

 Seeds globular or angled. 

 5. ALLIUM. Perennial herbs with alliaceous odor and umbelled Howers. 



Tribe IV. SCILIiEJE. (Squill Tribe). Bulbous plants, with a raceme or spike of 

 flowers borne on a simple, leafless scape. P.racts under eacli flower herbaceous orscarious, 

 never forming an involucre. 



n. DIPCADI. Perigonium tubularrfunnel-sbaped, the outer lobe^; falcate. Ovules numerous 

 in each cell, flattened. 



7. UKGIXEA. Perigonium spreading, of distinct divisions. Ovules numerous in eacli cell, 



flattened. 



8. MUSCAItl. Perigonium more or less constricted below mouth. Seeds 2 in each cell, 



not caruncled. 



9. TIYACIXTIIUS. Perigonium not constricted. Seeds C-8 in eacli cell, furnished with a 



tumid caruncle. 



10. BELLEVALIA. Perigonium not constricted. Seeds two in each cell, not caruncled. 



11. PUSCHKIXIA. Perigonium nearly G-parted, furnished with a 6-cleft crown. Flo^Vers 



blue. 

 19. SCILLA. Perigonium nearly C-partedj destitute of crown. Flowers lilac, purple, pink, 



or blue. 

 ID. OEXlTlTOr^ALU-M. Perigonium nearly 6-parted, destitute of crown. Flowers while, 

 rarely cream-colored, or tawny, divisions green-banded. 

 Tribe V. lilUKiE. (Lily Tribe.) Bulbous, caulescent plants. Divisions of 

 perigonium free. Style terminal. Seeds (except in Oagea) cofnprcssed, discoid. 



14. LTLTUM. Perigonium funnel-shaped, (m ours) wliite. Divisions with a nectariferous 



groove at claw. 

 15 FEITILLAEIA. Perigonium campanuhite, divisions with a nectariferous pore at base. 



16. TULIPA. Perigonium campanulate, divisions often witJi a spot at base,, but no pore. 



17. GAOFA. Perigonium funnel-sbapcd, divisions yellow, or green with yellow margins. 



Xectary 0. 



18. LLOYDIA. Perigonium funnel-shaped, divisions (in ours) greenish-white, with pink 



tips. Xectary (in ours) 0. 



Tuii'.e VI. COliCmCEiE. (Colchiccm Tkibe). Cormous or rhizomatous. stem- 

 lef^s plants. Perigonium 6-cleft or -parted. Styles free or more or less united. 



19. COLCHlOUM. Perigonium with a long tube, G-cleft, without nectary at base of divisions. 



20. MFPFNDERA. Perigonium destitute of tube, 6-parted, the lamina grooved below to 



receive the filament. 



•21. EPvYTIIROSTlCTrp. Perigonium destitute of tube, 6-partcd, with 1-2, nectariferous 

 points at insertion of filament 



I. AI^OE, L. Aloe. Sobr. 



Perigonium tubular, cylindrical, straight or soinewliat curved, 

 regular, nectariferous at bottom, C-clcft into elongated lobes. Stamens 

 6, hypogynous, erect, adherent to base of perigonium. Anthers introrsc, 

 fastened at back, above base. Ovary sessile, 3-celled, with numerous 

 ovules in each cell. Style slender, stigma simple. Capsule ^l-celled, 



