432 ARRANGEMENT OF THE GENERA 



Order LXXXV. LILIACEJE. 



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

 perigynous. Ovary free, with three cells, and many-seeded ; 

 stigma simple or three-lobed. Capsule three-celled, seeds with 

 a spongy integument, not black. 



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



Order LXXXVI. ASPHODELE^E. 



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

 gynous or perigynous. Ovary free, three-celled, with one, two, or 

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

 three-valved. Seeds with a black crustaceous testa. 



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



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



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



Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACEJE. 



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

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

 more or less connected ; 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 LXXXVIII. KESTIACE^E. 



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 oppo- 

 site 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 gene- 

 rally 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^E. 



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

 Stamens 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. 



