300 CLVI. LILIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Notulse, and no doubt bootanense is a misprint for boolanense, the plant being found 

 near the Boolan pass. 



Series A. Rootstock not bulbous. Anthers bursting inwards. Fruit 

 a berry. 



Tribe I. SMILACE.E. Shrubs. Stem climbing. Leaves 3-5-nerved and 

 reticulately-nervuled, petiole often cirrhiferous. Flowers small, in umbels. 

 AntJiers after dehiscence 1-celled. Ovules few, orthotropous or ^-anatropous. 



Perianth 6-partite 1. SMILAX. 



Perianth ovoid or tubular, mouth very minute . . .2. HETEROSMILAX. 



Tribe II. ASPARAGEJS. Stem erect or climbing. Leaves replaced by 

 usually linear or acicular cladodes. Flowers small, solitary, fascicled or 

 racemed. Anthers distinctly 2-celled. Ovules few, orthotropous or 1-ana- 

 tropous. 3. ASPARAGUS. 



Tribe III. POLYGONATE^E. Stem herbaceous ; unbranched, leafy. Flowers 

 axillary or in terminal racemes or panicles. 



Flowers axillary ; perianth cylindric, lobes short . . .4. POLYGON ATUM. 



Flowers axillary ; perianth rotate 5. STHEPTOPUS. 



Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles ; perianth 6-partite . 6. SMILACINA. 



Tribe IY. CoNVALLARiE2E. Scapigerous herbs. Leaves radical. 

 Scape lateral, naked, bearing a unilateral raceme or spike. Stigma small. 



Perianth subglobose, 6-partite 7. THEROPOGON. 



Tribe Y. ASPIDISTRE^E. Rootstock very stout, creeping, stem very 

 short. Leaves radical, coriaceous. Scape very short, axillary. Flowers 

 solitary or spicate. Perianth subglobose fleshy. Fruit a berry. 



Stigma large, peltate ; spike many-fld 8. TUPISTEA. 



Stigma small, 3-lobed ; spike erect, many-fld 9. GONIOSCYPHA. 



Stigma large, peltate, flower solitary 10. ASPIDISTRA. 



Series B. Rootstock stout or a bulb. Leaves radical or cauline. An- 

 thers dorsi- or basi-fixed. Ovules anatropous. Fruit usually loculicidal. 



Tribe VI. HEMEROC ALLEGE. Leaves linear, radical. Flowers large, 

 panicled racemed or spicate. Perianth cylindric or funnel-shaped. 

 Filaments inserted in a dorsal pit of the anther. Ovules numerous. 

 Flowers panicled, erect ; perianth funnel-shaped . . . 10*. HEMEROCALLI^. 



Tribe VII. DRACJENE^E. Leaves radical or on an erect woody caudex. 

 Perianth cylindric funnel-shaped or campanulate. Anthers basitixed or 

 dorsifixed, filaments not inserted in a pit. Fruit a berry. 



Ovary with the cells 1-ovuled 11. DRACAENA. ' 



Ovary with the cells many-ovuled .12. CORDYLINE. f 



Tribe VIII. ASPHODELS. Bootstock short, or a bulb. Flowers 

 racemed or panicled. Perianth segments distinct. Capsule loculicidal 

 (berried in Dianella). 



