Ix FLORA OF MADRAS. 



anther 1 -celled, laterally adnate to a broad petaloid 

 filament : 



Ovule 1 in each cell ; embryo curved ; style 

 excentric, incurved or involute . .CL. MARANTACEAE. 

 Ovules many in each cell ; embryo straight ; style 



terminal, flattened CLI. CANNACEAE. 



Flowers regular or nearly so : 



Outer perianth-series calycine ; stamens 6 



CLIII. BROMELIACEAE. 



Both perianth-series corolline ; or if, rarely, both 

 subherbaceous, then leaves pinnatifid ; stamens 

 usually 6, rarely 3 with 3 staminodes : 



Leaves radical, pinnatifid ; filaments dilated at 

 apex into a hood containing the anthers ; ovary 



1-celled ; fruit a berry CLVI. TACCACEAE. 



Leaves entire ; or if simply lobed or digitately 

 compound, then climbing herbs with 1 -sexual 

 flowers and winged capsules : 



Ovules many, 2-seriate on the inner angle of each 

 cell ; leaves radical or clustered at the apex of a 

 short stem ; herbs or large shrubs, the root a bulb 



corni or tuber CLV. AMARYLLIDACEAE. 



Ovules 2-several in each cell, not 2-seriate : 

 Leaves radical, ovules 2-several, basal, erect ; 

 erect herbs ; fruit not winged 



CLIV. HAEMODORACEAE. 



Leaves cauline or terminal ; ovules 2, super- 

 posed ; climbing, rarely erect herbs or shrubs 

 with 3-winged capsules CLVII. DIOSCOREACEAE. 

 Ovary superior ; flowers regular or nearly so : 



Inflorescence not a bracteate head ; both perianth-series 

 present and of the same number of subequal segments : 

 Both perianth-series corolline : 



Perianth-segments 2-merous ; stamens 4 ; ovary 



1-celled; twining plants CLVIII. ROXBURGHIACEAE. 



Perianth segments 3-merous ; stamens 6 or 3 : 



Dry-ground herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing ; 



inflorescence never terminating a 1 -leafed scape ; 



embryo small, shorter than and completely 



enclosed in the albumen CLIX. LILIACEAE. 



Aquatic, erect or floating herbs ; inflorescence 

 terminating a 1 -leafed scape ; embryo cylindric, 



