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CLASS VI. ORDER I. 



ma umbilicate ; stamens spring up on being 

 irritated, (barberry.) 



Cleo'me. Calyx 4-lcaved, inferior; pet- 

 als 4, ascending to one side ; glands 3, one 

 at each sinuate division of the calyx, ex- 

 cept the lowest ; stamens from 13 to 20, or 

 more ; capsule slipid or sessile, siliqiie-like, 

 often 1-celled, 2-valved. Does not belong 

 to the class Tetradynaniia by its natural 

 or artificial characters. It has 7lo siUque, 

 though the capsule appears, like a silique, 

 until it is opened, (false mustard.) 



Gynanduop"sis. Sepals 4, di-stinct, 

 spreading ; petals 4 ; receptacle linear, 

 elongated ; stamens with the lower part of 

 the iilaments, adnate to the receptacle its 

 wliole length ; pod linear-oblong, raised on 

 a long stipe, which rises from the top of the 

 receptacle. 



Isome'uis. Sepals 4, united below, some- 

 what spreading, marcscent ; petals 4, ob- 

 long, sessile, regular ; receptacle fleshy, 

 subhemLspherical, produced into a small 

 dilated appendage on the upper side ; sta- 

 mens equal, much exserted ; cap.sule large, 

 obovate, elliptical, coriaceous, indehiscent, 

 Btipitate, crowned with the very short sub- 

 ulate style ; seeds several, very large, 

 omooth. 



Leon'''^ice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous; 

 petals 6, having a scale at the base ; necta- 

 ries 5, inserted upon the claws of petals ; 

 anthers adnate to the filaments, 2-celIed. 

 (pappoose root.) 



Pri'no.s. Calyx minute, 6-cleft; corolla 

 sub-rotate, monopetalous, 6-partcd ; berry 

 C-seeded. (winter-berry.) 



Pl(Er"kia. Calyx 3-leaved ; petals 3, 

 shorter than the sepals ; seeds 2 or 3, supe- 

 rior. 



TiLLAND^siA. Calyx 3-cleft, sub-convo- 

 lute, permanent ; corolla 3-cleft, bell-form, 

 somewhat tubular ; capsule 1 to 3-celled ; 

 seed comose. 



DiPHYL^LiA. Sepals 3, caducous ; petals 

 5, opposite the divisions of the calyx ; an- 

 thers adhering to the filaments ; berry 1- 

 celled ; seeds 2 or 3, roundish. 



B. Flowers issuing from a spatha. 



Amartl^lts. Corolla superior, 6-petal- 

 led, unequal ; filaments unequal, declined, 

 inserted in the throat of the tube, (atamask 

 lily.) S. 



Al"liu.m. Spatha many-flowered; corol- 

 la inferior, 6 parted, very deeply divided ; 

 divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-celled, 

 3-valved, many-seeded ; flowers in close 

 umbels or beads, (leek, garlic, onion, 

 cives.) 



Hypox^is. Glume-like spatha 2-valved ; 

 corolla superior, 6-parted, permanent ; cap- 

 sule elongated, narrow at the base, 3celled, 

 many-seeded ; seed roundish, (star-grass.) 



Pontede'ria. Corolla inferior, 6-cleft, 2- 

 lipped, with 3 longitudinal perforations be- 

 low ; capsule with utricles, fleshy, 3-cclled, 

 many-seeded ; 3 stamens, commonly insert- 

 ed o:i the tip, and 3 on the tube of the co- 

 rolla, (pickerel weed.) 



V ancra'tium. Flower funnel-shaped. 



[ with a long tube ; nectary 12-clefl, bearing 

 ' the -Stamens. S. 



j Buodi.e'a. Corolla inferior, bell-form, 6- 

 ' parted ; filaments inseited in the throat of 

 . the corolla ; germ pedicelled ; capsule 3- 

 cellcd. many-seeded. (S. 



Cri'num. Corolla superior, funnel-form, 

 half Ccleft, tube filiform ; border spread- 

 ing, recurved ; segments subulate, chan- 

 nelled ; filaments inserted on the throat of 

 the corolla, separate. 6'. 



Galan"thus. Petals 3, concave, supe- 

 rior; nectaries (or inner petals) 3, small, 

 emarginate ; stigma simple, (snowdrop.) 

 Ex. 



Naucis"sus. Corolla bell-form, 1-leafed. 

 spreading, 6-parted, or 6-pctalled, equal, SU' 

 perior; nectarj^ bell-form, 1-leafed, enclo- 

 sing the stamens, (jonquil, daffodil.) Ex. 



C. Floicers with a sinf^le, coroUa-Iikc, peii- 

 anth. 



Ale'tris. Corolla tubular-ovate, 6-cleftj 

 wrinkled ; stamens inserted upon the ori- 

 fice ; style 3-sided, 3-parted; calyx half su- 

 perior, 3-celled, many-seeded. • (false aloe.) 



Lophio'la. Corolla 6-cIeft, persistent 

 woolly, bearded inside ; anthers erect ; fil- 

 aments naked ; stigma simple ; capsule 

 opening at the summit. 



Aga've. Corolla superior, tubular, fun- 

 nel-form, 6-parted ; stamens longer than the 

 corolla, erect ; capsule triangular, many- 

 seeded. 



Phalan"gium. Corolla inferior, 6-petal- 

 led, spreading ; filaments smooth ; capsule 

 ovate ; seeds angular. 



Narthe'cium. Corolla 6-parted. color- 

 ed ; filaments hairy; cap.sule prismatic, 3- 

 celled ; seed appcndaged at each end. (false 

 asphodel.) 



Strepto'pus. Corolla 6-cleft, cylindrical, 

 segments with a nectariferous pore at the 

 base; anthers longer than the filaments; 

 stigma very short ; berry sub-globose, 

 smooth, 3-celled ; seeds fe"w. 



Hemerocal^'lis. Corolla 6-partcd, tubu- 

 lar, funnel-form; stamensdeclined ; stigma 

 small, simple, somewhat villose. (day-lily.) 

 Ex. 



Ornithog'''alum. Corolla 6-petalled, in- 

 ferior, erect, permanent, spreading above 

 the middle ; filaments dilated, or subulate 

 at the base ; capsule i-oundish, angled, 3- 

 celled ; seed roundish, naked, (star of 

 Bethlehem.) 



Lil"ium. Corolla liliaceou.?, inferior, 6- 

 petalled ; petals with a longitudinal line 

 from the middle to the base ; stamens 

 shorter than the style; stigma undivided; 

 capsule sub-triangular, with the valves 

 coiHiected by hairs crossing as in a sieve. 



(lily-) , 



Clinto'nia. Perianth 6-parted, campan- 

 ulate ; stamens 6, inserted at tlie base ; 

 style compre.s.sed ; stigma 2-lobed, com- 

 pressed ; berry 2-celled, cells many-seeded. 



Erythro'nium. Corolla liliaceou.s, infe- 

 rior, 6-petalled ; petals reflexed, having 2 

 pores and 2 tubercle-form nectaries at the 

 base of the 3 inner, alternate petals; c.ip- 



