86. LILIACE.E. 329 



R. x. 436. St. 68 in. high. Root filiform. L. very deeply 

 cordate. Raceme terminal, resembling a spike. Fl. small ; seg- 

 ments reflexed. " Berry yellow with brown spots." Woods. 

 Howick, Northumb. (now eradicated). Mr. R. Embleton. Ken- 

 wood, Middlesex. Mr. E. Edwards. Dingley Wood, Preston; 

 and Harwood near Blackburn. Gerard. P. V. E. 



5. Ruscus Linn. Butcher's Broom. 



1. R. aculeatus (L.); 1. (flattened shoots) ovate-attenuate 

 very acute rigid bearing the fl. upon the middle of their upper 

 surface, fl. 1 rarely 2 with a flat subulate scarious 1 -veined 

 bract. E. B. 560. R. x. 43/. Foliage evergreen. Fl. very 

 minute. Thickets. Sh. III. IV. E. S. 



Order LXXXVI. LILIACE^S. 



Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted into 

 the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. bursting inwards. 

 Ovary superior, 3-celled. Ovules many in each cell. Style 1 . 

 Stigmas 3 or 1. Fr. dry, capsular, bursting with 3 valves bearing 

 the dissepiment on their middle. For fig. of genera see G. F. G. 

 Monocot. ii. 



Tribe I. TULIPE^E. Leaves of the perianth distinct. Cells of 

 the caps, many-seeded. Seeds flat (in Lloydia angular), 

 placed closely one above another; testa pale or fuscous, not 

 crustaceous. St. usually more or less leafy. Root bulbous. 



1. TULIPA. Perianth-1. 6, without nectaries, deciduous. Anth. 

 erect. Style 0. Stigma 3-lobed. Seeds flat. 



2. FRITILLARIA. Perianth-1. 6, deciduous ; a nectariferous 

 depression at the base of each. Anth. attached above their 

 base. Style 3-fid at the apex. Seeds flat. 



[3. LILIUM. Perianth-1. 6, deciduous, spreading or reflexed ; 

 a longitudinal nectariferous furrow at the base of each. 

 Anth. attached above their base. Stigma capitate. Seeds 

 flat.] 



4. LLOYDIA. Perianth-1. 6, persistent, patent. Stam. in- 

 serted at the base of perianth. Anth. erect. Style filiform. 

 Stigma trigonous. Seeds angular above, flat beneath. 



Tr. II. ASPHODELE^E. Fl. not jointed to their stalks. 

 Leaves of perianth distinct. Cells of the caps, few-seeded. 

 Seeds various in form, usually with a black crustaceous testa 

 St. usually leafless. Root bulbous. 



