Liliaceae 25 



Subfamily i. Melanthioideae. Rhizome or conn. 

 Inflorescence terminal. Anthers extrorse and capsule 

 septicidal, or anthers introrse and capsule septicidal, or 

 anthers extrorse and capsule loculicidal, rarely anthers 

 introrse and capsule loculicidal. Fruit never a berry. 



a. Rhizome. Seeds long, flat and winged, or angled. 



Tribe i. Tofieldieae. Leaves sessile, distichous. 

 Stamens 6. Anthers introrse. Style divided or o. 



Flowers yellow. Style very short, stigma small. 

 Capsule loculicidal. Narthecium. 



Flowers greenish-white. Style absent, stigmas 3, 

 short. Capsule septicidal. Tofieldia. 



b, Corm, or short rhizome. Seeds subglobose. 



Tribe 2. Colchiceae. Leaves radical. Scape short 

 subterranean with 1-3 leaves. A^ithers introrse. Capsule 

 septicidal. 



Perianth tube long. Styles separate. Colchicum. 



Subfamily 2. Asphodeloideae. Rhizome. Leaves 

 usually radical. Inflorescence mostly terminal. Anthers 

 introrse, sometimes opening at apex. Capsule loculicidal. 



Only British genus : Simethis. 



Subfamily 3. Allioideae. Bulb or short rhizome. 

 Inflorescence a cymose umbel enclosed by two broad, 

 sometimes united, leaves, more rarely subtended by two 

 narrow bracts, or reduced to a single flower. 



Tribe 3. Allieae. Bulb, or stem with thickened 

 base. Perianth free or united. Stamens 6 or only 

 3 fertile. 



Inflorescence few-flowered, subtended b)' two free 

 bracts. Gagea. 



