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Tribe 6. Asparageae. Rhizoitie ending in leafy 

 stems. Cauline leaves small, scale-like, subtending 

 narrow or broad leaf-like shoots {Phylloclades). 



Stem herbaceous. Flowers axillary. Stamens 6. 

 Filaments distinct. Asparagus. 



Stem shrubby. Flowers on the phylloclades dioe- 

 cious. Stamens 3 with connate filaments. Ruscus. 



Tribe 7. Polygonateae. As Asparageae^ but stem 

 with large, broad foliage leaves. 



Leaves many. Flowers axillary. Perianth tubular 

 6-cleft. Polygonatum. 



Leaves 2. Flowers in terminal racemes. Perianth 

 4-partite. Maianthemum. 



Tribe 8. Convallarieae. Rhizome monopodial with 

 lateral inflorescence-axes. 



Subtribe Convallariinae. Style ending in one small 

 stigma. Convallaria. 



b. Flowers heterochlamydeous. 



Tribe 9. Parideae. Foliage leaves net-veined forming 

 a whorl. Flowers solitary or umbellate. Fruit a berry. 



Leaves 4 or more in a whorl. Flowers 4 or more 

 merous. Only British genus : Paris. 



Fam. 3. Amaryllidaceae. Resembling, in 

 essential points, Liliaceae. Anthers mostly introrse. 

 A corona, formed of staminal stipules, is often present. 

 Ovary mostly inferior. Placentation axile. Ovules 

 anatropous in two rows on each placenta. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule or berry. Seeds usually few. 



Subfamily i. Amaryllidoideae. Bulb. Scape 

 leafless with a solitary flower, or involucrate umbellate 

 inflorescence. 



