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ARRANGEMENT OP THE GENERA 



Order LXXXV. LILIACE^E. 



Perianth with six segments, regular, petaloid. Stamens six, perigy- 

 nous. Ovary free, with three cells, and many-seeded ; stigma simple 

 or three-lobed. Capsule three-celled, seeds with a spongy integu- 

 ment, not black. 



1. Fritillaria, 164, 167. 2. Tulipa, 164, 167. 



Order LXXXVI. ASPHODELE^. 



Perianth of six segments, regular, petaloid. Stamens six, hypogv- 

 nous or perigynous. Ovary free, three-ceiled, with one, two, or many 

 seeds ; style one ; stigma simple. Capsule three-celled, three-valved. 

 Seeds with a black crustaceous testa. 



1. Ornithosralum. 164, 167. 4. Allium, 164, 166. 



2. Scilla, 164, 168. 5. Anthericum. 164, 169. 



3. Hyacinthus, 163, 168. 6. Asparagus, 164, 169. 



Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACE^E. 



Perianth six-parted, petaloid. Stamens six, perigynous; anthers 

 extrorse. Ovaries superior, one of three cells, or three of one cell, 

 more or less connected j ovules numerous ; styles one or three. Fruit 

 of three separate one-celled follicles, or more or less united into a 

 three-celled capsule. 



1. Colchicum, 164, 179. 2. Tofieldia, 164, -168. 



Order LXXXVI1I. RESTIACEjE. 



Perianth more or less glumaceous, of from two to six segments, 

 rarely none. Stamens hypogynous or perigynous," from one to six; 

 when half as many as the segments of the perianth, they are opposite to 

 the inner. Anthers one-celled. Ovary superior, with one or more 

 cells ; ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit capsular or nucumentaceous, 

 with inverted seeds. 



1. Eriocaulon, 343, 359. 



Order LXXXIX. JUNCE.E. 



Perianth more or less glumaceous, of six segments. Stamens six, 

 inserted into the base of the segments, or three opposite to the outer ; 

 anthers two-celled. Ovary one or three-celled, superior ; ovules one, 

 three, or many in each cell ; style one, stigmas generally three. Fruit 

 capsular, three-valved. 



1. Narthecium, 164, 169. 2. Juncus, 164, 171. 



3. Luciola, 164, 174. 



II. Ovary adnate to the tube of the corolla. 



Order XC. HYDROCHARIDE^. 



Perianth with six segments, the inner three petaloid, regular. Sta- 

 mens epigynous. Ovary one, inferior; stigmas three, six or one. 

 Fruit dry or succulent, indehiscent, one-celled, or with several cells. 

 Embryo straight, no albumen. 



1. Hydrocharis, 368, 382. 2. Stratiotes, 227, 234. 



