100 CXXXIII. LILIACEiE. 



segments ovate, siiherect. Stamens in the base of tlie calyx 

 (hypogynou:^), dellexed, mostly exserted. Ovary sessile, ovate- 

 oblong, 3-angled ; ovules several ; style filiform, elongate, 

 deflexed. Capsule bluntly 3-angled. Seeds brown-black. — 

 Kunfh, I. c. p. 550 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4816. Tritoma, Gawl. Velt- 

 lieimia, Willd. 



Stemless plants, with fascicled, fleshy roots. Leaves numerous, linear, 

 taper-pointed, very long, concave, grass-like. Scape simple, ending in a 

 many-llowered dense raceme ; pedicels very short ; flowers at length pen- 

 dulous-reflexed, yellow orange or scarlet. — 7 or 8 species. 



21. BULBINE, Linn. 



Periantb 6-parted, regular, marcescent, the segments distinct, 

 equal, 1-nerved, widely spreading. Stamens at the very base 

 of the sepals, often declined ; filaments filiform, all (or only 3) 

 bearded in the upper part. Ovary sessile, blunt-angled ; 

 ovules few ; style erect or declined, slightly thickened up- 

 wards, truncate. Capsule subglobose. Seeds angular, black- 

 ish-brown. — KuntJi, I. c. p. 563. 



Caulescent or stemless plants, the stem simple and mostly very short. 

 Roots fascicled, sometimes tuberous. Leaves crowded, fleshy, terete, semi- 

 terete, triquetrous or flat. Peduncles scape-like, racemose at the summit ; 

 flowers yellow. — 15 or 16 Cape species. 



22. BULBINELLA, Kth. 



Perianth 6-parted, regular, marcescent, the segments con- 

 nate at the very base, 1-nerved, widely spreading. Stamens 

 at the base of the sepals and shorter ; filaments subulate- 

 filiform, glabrate. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules in pairs ; 

 style filiform, elongate ; stigma simple. — Kunth, I. c. p. 569. 



Stemless plants, with fascicled roots. Scape leafy at base, simple, race- 

 mose at the summit ; flowers on long pedicels, yellow or creamy. Leaves 

 narrow, dry, flat, semiterete or 2-edged. — 6 or 8 species. 



23. TRACHYANDRA, Kth. 



Perianth 6-parted, regular, at length deciduous ; segments, 

 connate at base, widely spreading, rarely revolute, equal, dor- 

 sally 3-nerved (the nerves subconfluent). Stamens at the 

 base of the sepals and shorter ; filaments flat, slender, re- 

 trorsely muricate ; anthers erect, linear, fixed just above the 

 base. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules about 10, sometimes 

 4-2 ; style filiform, elongate. Capsule 3-angled, the valves 

 either smooth, ridged or echinate. Seeds black. — Kunth, I. c. 

 p. 573. 



Stemless or subcaulescent plants, with fascicled roots. Leaves narrow, 

 mostly radical, flat, thickish, glabi'ous or pibeacent. Peduncle scape-Uke, 



