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ORDER VII. ASPARAGE^E. Juss. 

 (Smilacece, Br.) 



PerianlhG- or 8-partite, or 6-c!eft, petaloid, regular. Slam. 36 

 or 8, hypogynous or perigynous, the three opposite the outer 

 segments usually of a different form. Ovary superior, 3 4- 

 celled ; cells 1 2- or many-seeded. Style 1 . Stigma tripar- 

 tite. Fruit, a berry. Integument of the seeds generally mem- 

 branous. Albumen corneous. 



. 1. ASPARAGUS. 

 Perianth 6-partite. Slam. 6. Berry 3-celled. Cells 2-seeded. 



1. A. qffici?ialis, unarmed, stem herbaceous erect rounded very 

 much branched, leaves setaceous fasciculate flexible, peduncles 

 jointed in the middle, p. 103. Sands, sea-side. 



2. RUSCUS. 



Dioecious. Barrtn Fl. Peria?ith 6-partite. Filaments muted into 

 a tube. Anth. 3 6. Fertile f I. Perianth 6-partite. Nectary 

 tubular. Style \. Stigma I. Berry 3-celled; cells 2-seeded. 



1. R. aculealus, stem rigid branched, leaves ovato-acuminate very 

 rigid bearing the solitary flower on its upper surface, p. 288. 

 Woods 3 rare. 



3. CONVALLARIA. 



Perianth campanulate or cylindrical, 6-cleft. Berry 3-cellec}. 

 Stigma trigonous. 



* Flowers campanulate. 



l.C. majalis, scape semicylindrical, leaves ovato-lanceolate binous, 

 flowers racemoso-spicate campanulate drooping on short foot- 

 stalks, p. 103. Woods* 



** Flowers cylindrical. 



2. C.-verticillata, leaves lanceolate whoHed. p. 103. Woods, 

 rare. 



3. C. multiflora, leaves ovato-elliptical alternate half embracing 

 the rounded stem with their base, peduncles axillary 1-or many- 

 flowered, filaments hairy, style flexuose. p. 104. Woods. 



4. PARIS. 



Perianth 8-partite, four inner segments somewhat coloured. Stam. 

 8. Cells of the Anth. fixed, one on each side the middle of a 

 subulate filament. Stigmas 4. Berry 4-celled, 4-seecled. 



1. P. quadrrfvlia. p. 122. Wet woods. 



ORDER VIII. ASPHODELB^E. Juss. Br. 



Perianth 6-partite, or 6-cleft, petaloid, regular. Stam. 6, 

 either perigynous or hypogynous; the three opposite the outer 



