Smilax.] 



CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



423 



Teibe VIII. Sdlleee. — Roofstock bulbous, 

 racemose or spicate. 



Peduncle naked. Inflorescence 



Perianth united at the base. 



Outer segments of perianth caudate .... 



Outer segments of perianth not caudate. 



Perianth-tube curved ...... 



Perianth-tube straight. 



Capsule shallowly lobed. Seeds globose 

 Capsule deeply lobed. Seeds flat 

 Perianth free to the base. 



Raceme crowned by a coma of empty leafy bracts 

 Raceme without a coma. 



Perianth-segments with a broad laxly-nerved keel . 

 Perianth-segments with a narrow keel or none. 

 Capsule deeply lobed. Seeds flattened 

 Capsule shallowly lobed. Seeds turgid. 



Raceme subspicate, upper flowers abortive . 



Raceme not subspicate ; upper flowers not 



abortive. 



Stamens hypogynous. Flowers usually 



white ...... 



Stamens perigynous. Flowers usually blue 

 or mauve-purple .... 



18. 



19. 



20. 

 21. 



22. 



23. 



24. 



25. 



26. 



27. 



DiPCADI. 



pseudooaltonia. 



Hyacinthus. 

 Deimia. 



EUCOMIS. 



Albuca. 

 Urqinea. 



Dkimiopsis. 



Ornithogalum. 



SCILLA. 



Series C. Colchicaceje. — Rootstock various. 

 Styles 3. 



Style tripartite to the base. 

 Leaves all basal, crowded. 



Blade of perianth flat at the base . 

 Blade of perianth concave at the base . 

 Leaves cauline, not crowded. 



Perianth-segments united at the base . 

 Perianth-segments free to the base. 

 Perianth-segments with a basal gland 

 Perianth-segments without a basal gland 

 Style trifid only above the middle. 

 Perianth-segments reflexing 

 Perianth-segments ascending 



Fruit usually a septicidal capsule. 



28. 

 29. 



Merendera. 

 Andeocymbium. 



30. WURMBEA. 



31. 

 32. 



33. 

 34. 



Abnormal genus, with anthers dehiscing by apical pores 35. 



Ornithoglossum. 

 Iphigenia. 



Gloeiosa. 



LiTTONIA. 



Walleeia. 



1. SMILAX, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 7G3. 



Flowers dioecious. Perianth-segments free to the base, subequal. 

 Male flowers : Stamens usually G, hypogynous ; filaments short or long ; 

 anthers dehiscing introrsely. Female flowers : Staminodes G or fewer. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 1-2 in a cell, pendulous, orthotropous ; style 

 or very short ; stigmas 3, recurved. Berry globose, 1-2-seeded. Seeds 

 with a small oblong embryo enclosed in abundant hard albumen. — 

 Climbing shrubs, with woody or herbaceous, often prickly, stems. 



