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Flowers racemed. Ovarian cells 2-ovuled ; capsule 3-angled 13. ASP H OBELUS. 

 Flowers racerned. Ovarian cells 4-6-ovuled; capsule 3- winged 14. EREMUKUS. 

 Flowers raceined. Ovarian cells 4-6-ovuled ; capsule 3- winged 15. CHLOEOPHTTUM. 

 Flowers in panicled cymes. Fruit a berry .... 16. Di ANELLA . 



Tribe IX. ALLIED. Rootstock in the Indian genus a bulb. Scape 

 simple ; flowers umbellate or capitate, at first enclosed in a spathaceous 

 involucre. Capsule loculicidal. 



Strong-scented herbs. Perianth rotate 17. ALLIUM. 



Tribe X. SCILLEJE. Rootstock a bulb. Scape simple, naked ; flowers 

 racemose not involucrate ; bracts at the base of the pedicels small. 



Perianth 6-lobed, tubes cylindric, outer lobes spreading, inner erect 18. DIPCADI. 

 Perianth campanulate, 6-partite ; ovules many ; seeds flattened 19. URGINEA. 

 Perianth '6-partite. Seeds subglobose 20. SCILLA. 



Tribe XI. TTJLIPE.E. Rootstock a bulb. Stem erect with one or more 

 leaves. Flotvers few, large, solitary or racemed. Perianth segments 

 distinct. Capsule loculicidal (in the Indian species). 



Flowers large, nodding or pendulous ; anthers versatile . .21. LILIUM. 

 Flowers large, nodding or pendulous ; anthers basifixed erect . 22. FRITILLARIA. 

 Flowers 1-2, small, suberect ; anthers basifixed . . . 23. LLOTDIA. 

 Flowers large, solitary or few, erect or suberect . . . 24. TULIPA. 

 Flowers small, subumbellate, suberect 25. GAGEA. 



Series C. Rootstock a corm or bulb, or short. Leaves radical or radical 

 and cauline. Anthers dehiscing extrorsely or introrsely. Ovules anatro- 

 pous. Capsule usually septicidal. 



Tribe XII. COLCHICE^S. Rootstock a tunicate corm. Leaves all radical. 

 Scape very short, hypogaeous, flowers 1-3. Perianth-tube very long. 

 Anthers dorsifixed, narrow, dehiscence introrse. 



Perianth-tube entire ; styles 3 26. COLCHICUM. 



Perianth-tube of the twining claws of the segments ; styles 3 . 27. MERENDERA. 



Tribe XIII. ANGUILLAKIE.E. Rootstock a tunicate corm. Stem 1-or 

 more leaved. Anthers dehiscing extrorsely. Styles 3 . 28. IPHIGENIA. 



Tribe XIV. NARTHECIE^E. Rootstock short, creeping. Stem usually 

 leafy. Leaves often distichous. Perianth persistent. Anthers subbasi- 

 fixed, dehiscence sublateral. 29. TOFIELDIA. 



Tribe XV. UVTJLABIE.E. Rootstock tuberous or creeping. Stem leafy. 

 Leaves not sheathing. Flowers axillary. Anthers dehiscing extrorsely. 



Stem twining. Leaves cirrhose. Capsule loculicidal . . . 30. GLOEIOSA. 

 Stem erect. Capsule septicidal . . . . . . .31. TRICTRTIS. 



Stem erect. Fruit a berry * .. . . . . . .32. DISPOBUM. 



Tribe XVI. MEDEOLE^. Rootstock short or creeping. Stem- simple. 



