l.nuii.vl LILIALES 



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DIAGNOSIS. //;,, 



1 1>. se are the centre of the <li\ uaon of Endogens with < iplete ll- 



ovary. Thej are known from the Xyridsby their Bepala and petals i [ually 



coloured; from the Juncala bj their tender bighl) developed flow i the 



AJismals by their abundant albumen. To Palms the} often approach in habit, 

 in the separation ol (hi ir Be* - ; but the gen< ra d< scribed b) botanists as mon 

 dioecioufl seem to l- never truly diclinous, the distinct rudimi 

 accompanying the perfect state of another. By the Gilliesiads t] . ten- 



dency to assume the glumaceous condition ; Pontederads are evidentlj on the bn 

 Aiismals, by thi br gi nus Leptanthus ; Juncals are brought into the d 

 the AphyUanths among Lihes, and s laryllids by m 



one great Order. Their undoubted accordance with Dictyogens, in m« 

 tial particulars, enables them t" extend their frontier to that of the \ 



. and their \\ 1, which does certainly, in Yucca and Dracaena, arrai i 



in circles, confirms the tendency of the Lilials towards :i junction with the same c 



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