A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



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140. LILIACE.i:. 



Summary of Tribes, omittini; two and ignoring ex- 

 ceptions. 



Series I. Anthers introrsely dehiscent: fruit usu- 

 ally bcrry-Iike: plant not bulbous, usually scaly at 

 the base of the stem and leafy above, sometimes 

 with a scaly scape. 



A. Stigma not broadly peltate. 

 B. Ovules orthotropous or 

 hemianatropous : " fol- 

 iage " abnormal, in the 

 Smilax tribe 3-5- 

 nerved but with netted 

 veinlets ; in the Aspar- 

 agus tribe leaf-shaped 

 or needle-like * phyl- 

 loolados ■' are present.. 

 c. Anthers abnormal, the 

 inner valve of each 

 cell being so narrow 

 that the open anther 

 seems to be 1-celled : 

 stem sarmentose or 



scandent 1. Smilax Tribe. 



CC. Anthers normally 2- 

 celled : or cells conflu- 

 ent at apex : stem 



branched or scandent. 2. Asparagus Tribe. 

 BB. Ovules anatropous, rarely 

 hemianatropous in the 



Luzuriaga tribe 



c. Stem shrubby and 

 branched, or scan- 

 dent 3. Luzuriaga Tribe. 



CC. Stem herbaceous, un- 

 branched or sparing- 

 ly branched ; leafy 



above 4. Solomon's Seal 



Tribe. 

 ccc. Stemless herbs with Ivs. 

 clustered on the rhi- 

 zome and often in- 

 closed (together with 

 the lateral leafless 

 scape) by sheathing 



scales at the base.. . .5. Lily of the Val- 

 ley Tribe. 

 AA. Stigma usually very broadly 

 peltate : Ivs. on the rhi- 

 zome few, ample : scape 

 very short and 1-fid. or 

 bearing a dense spike at 

 apex 6. Aspidistra Tribe. 



Series IL Anthers introrsely dehiscent : fr. loculi- 

 cidally dehiscent, rarely indehiscent or herry-Iike: 

 Ivs. on a rhizome, or densely crowded at the apex of 

 a caudex, or forming a bulb at the base of the scape. 



A. Antuers with a pit on the 

 back into which the fila- 

 ment intrudes 



B. Lvs. linear or membran- 

 ous, crowded on a short 

 rhizone : perianth cy- 

 lindrical, funnel-shaped 



or bell-shaped 7. Lemon Lily or 



Hemerocallis Tribe. 

 BB. Lvs. usually thick, fleshy 

 or rigid. sometimes 

 spiny ; rhizome hard, 

 often extended above 

 ground into a woody 

 caudex : perianth seg- 

 ments connivent or con- 

 nate into a tube or 

 sometimes with spread- 

 ing tips 8. Aloe Tribe. 



AA. Anthers not pitted, (some- 

 times slightly pitted in 

 the Asphodel Tribe) : lvs. 

 not thick, and fleshy as in 



a century plant. 



B. Rootstock, if any, rhizo- 

 matous : rhizome usual- 

 ly short, often very 

 short in Asphodel tribe, 

 sometimes produced in- 

 to a woody caudex in 

 Dracsena tribe : See 

 also BB 



c. Perianth shaped like a 

 bell or cylinder, rare- 

 ly a funnel, the seg- 

 ments usually dis- 

 tinct : inflorescence 



often panicled 0. Drac-ena Tribe. 



CC. Perianth segments us- 

 ually distinct and 

 spreading : inflores- 

 cence sparingly 



branched if at all. ..10. Asphodel Tribe. 

 BB. Rootstock bulbous as a 



rule ; in the Onion 



tribe sometimes a corm 



and rarely a very short 



rhizome; bulb usually 



tunicated, but in the 



Tulip tribe often scaly. 

 C. Stemless plants with 

 the inflorescence ter- 

 minal on a leafy 



ape. 



Onion Tribe. 



Trib 



D. Inflorescence an um- 

 bel with an involu 

 ere of at least 2 



bracts 1 



DD. Inflorescence a ra- 

 ceme, or rarely a 



spike 12. Squill 



cc. Stem leafy, or at least 

 with 1 leaf: fls. few 

 or in a lax raceme. ..13. Tulip Tribe. 



Series III. Anthers usually introrsely affixed but 

 extrorsely dehiscent (the whole Colchicum tribe ex- 

 ceptional): fr. usually a septicidal capsule, rarely 

 loculicidal or in the Medeola tribe an indehiscent 

 berry. 



A. Vr. a herry : plant not bulb- 

 ous : lvs. few. subradical 



or whorled on the stem. ..14. Medeola or Tu- 

 cumber-root Tribe. 

 AA. Fr. a capsule, rarely In the 

 Bellwort tribe, a berry... 

 B. Anthers introrsely dehis- 

 cent : the only tribe in 

 Series III, with a corm- 



ous root stock 15. Colchicum or 



Autumn crocus 



Tribe. 

 BB. Anthers extrorsely dehis- 

 cent, rarely otherwise 

 in the Narthecium 

 Tribe: plants not bulb- 

 ous except sometimes 

 in False Hellebore 



Tribe 



c. Stem-lvs. smaller than 

 the radical lvs. 

 (which are either 

 crowded or petiolate) 

 sometimes very small 

 or : capsule septi- 

 cidal or loculicidal 



CC. Stem leafy, herbacen 

 or high climbing ; h 

 alternate, sessile 

 clasping, w i t h o ' 

 sheath 



ccc stem usually tall, leafy 

 or hardly so beyond 

 the radical lvs. : 

 plants not bulbous 

 or bulbous: anthers 

 with conflnpnt cells, 

 roundish-peltate after 

 dehiscence 18. 



1. S.MiLAx Tribe. 



A. Perianth 6-parted 1. Smilax. 



AA. Perianth undivided, mouth 



minutely toothed 2. Heterosmilax. 



2. AspARAfius Tribe. 



A. Filaments connate into a 

 little urn. with the an- 

 thers sessile at the mouth 



