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tt Flowers umbellate. 

 (lOG) Gagea — periantli-segments spreading ; anthers erect ; scape 

 more or less leafy. 



*** Stem leafless, the leaves all radical. 

 t Fruit a berry (succulent.) 



(107) Convallaria — perianth bell-shaped, with short recurved 



segments, deciduous ; flowers racemose on a naked scape. 



tt Fruit a capsule (dry). 

 % Ferianth-segments combined throughout. 



(108) Muscari — perianth globose or subcylindrical, contracted afc 



the mouth, shortly six-toothed. 



XX Ferianth-segments combined below. 



(109) Hyacintlius — perianth tubular-bell-shaped, the segments 



reflexed at the extremity. 



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:|: Ferianth-segments distinct, spreading. 



(110) Scilla — perianth deciduous ; filaments filiform. 



(111) Ornithogalum — perianth persistent, withering ; filaments 



(of three alternate stamens) dilated. 



46. Juncaceous Plants. Juncace^. 



(112) Luzula — leaves flat, grass-like; capsule one-celled, with 



three seeds. 



47. Cyperaceous Plants. Cyperace^. 



(113) Carex — flowers unisexual, the stamens and pistils under 



separate glumes ; ovary enclosed in a little boat-shaped 

 utricle, through the top of which the style protrudes. 



48. Graminaceous Plants. Graminace^. 



* Inflorescence dense, spike-liJce, ovoid or cylindrical. 



(114) Sesleria — spikelets two-flowered ; pales (flowering glumes) 



without awns ; stamens three. 



