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CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



[ Chlorophytum. 



perianth, hypogynous or attached to the base of the segments ; filaments 

 filiform or slightly flattened ; anthers linear, erect, dehiscing down the 

 face. Ovary sessile or subsessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules few or many 

 in a cell ; style fiUform ; stigma minute, capitate. Capsule deeply 

 lobed, acutely angled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds compressed ; testa 

 black ; albumen firm ; embryo nearly as long as the albumen, — Root- 

 stock not bulbous ; root-fibres many, usually fleshy or bearing small 

 tubers. Leaves linear, lanceolate or oblong, often thin and petiolate. 

 Peduncle naked or bearing a few reduced leaves. Racemes simple or 

 panicled : pedicels articulated, the lower usually 2-4-nate. Flowers 

 small, white or greenish-white. 



Species 70-80, concentrated in the Tropical regions of the Old World. 



*Leaves thin, distinctly petiolate, laxly veined. 

 Leaves linear. 



Peduncle short ...... 



Peduncle, long 



Leaves lanceolate. 



Leaf-blade 4-6 in. long. 



Raceme dense ...... 



Raceme dense upwards, lax downwards 

 Raceme lax. 



Leaves glabrous. 



Blade broadest near the base 

 Blade broadest at the middle. 

 Blade ^-| in. broad 

 Blade 1 in. broad .... 



Leaves villous beneath .... 



Leaf-blade 6-9 in, long. 



Raceme dense ...... 



Raceme very lax ..... 



Leaf-blade very long ..... 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Flowers very small. 



Blade f in. broad 



1. C.fusiforme. 



2. C. ramiferum. 



3. C. Afzelii. 



4. C. miserum. 



5. C. alismcBfolium. 



6. C. Holstii. 



7. C. brevipes. 



8. C. hracteatum. 



9. C. scahrum. 



10. C. sparsijlorum. 



11. C. macrophyllum. 



12. C. lancifolium. 



Raceme simple. 



Petiole as long as the blade 



Petiole much shorter than the blade . 



Racemes panicled 



Flowers medium-sized. 



Blade 1 in. broad ..... 

 Blade 2 in. broad. 



Raceme usually simple .... 

 Racemes many, panicled 

 Blade 2^-3 in. broad .... 

 Flowers larger, about \ in. long . 

 'Leaves thin, not distinctly petioled, laxly veined. 

 Pedicels not articulated. Inflorescence corymbose. 

 Filament as long as the anther 

 Filament twice the length of the anther 

 Pedicels articulated. Inflorescence racemose. 

 Leaves 3-4, superposed. 

 Flowers greenish. 



13. C Mannii. 



14. C. thollonianum. 



15. C. Carsoni. 



16. C. inornatum. 



17. C.filipendulum. 



18. C Orchidastrum. 



19. C petiolatum. 



20. C. moniliforme. 



21. C. tetraphyllum. 



22. C. Schimperi. 



