XXXIV. LILIACE^E. 



845 



Herbaceous perennials, very 

 rarely annuals, sometimes frtites- 

 cent or arborescent ; root bulbous, 

 tuberous, fibrous-fascicled, or with 

 a creeping rhizome. STEM simple, 

 or branching above, straight or 

 flexuous ; or SCAPE aphyllous, erect, 

 very rarely twining (Streptolirion) 

 [Bowiesa] . LEAVES simple, entire, 

 sheathing or amplexicaul, the radi- 

 cal fascicled, the cauline usually 

 sessile, generally linear, flat or 

 channelled, sometimes cylindric, 

 rarely terminated by a tendril 

 (Methonica). FLOWERS $ , mostly 

 terminal, solitary, racemose, spik- 

 ed, umbellate or capitate, rarely 

 panicled (Yucca), furnished with 

 scarious or spathaceous bracts, 

 regular or very rarely 2 -labiate 

 (Daubenya). PERIANTH inferior, 

 petaloid, of 6 2-seriate divisions, 

 distinct, or forming a tube 6-fid at 

 the top, sometimes nectariferous at 

 the base (Fritillaria) ; aestivation 

 imbricate. STAMENS 6, inserted 

 on the receptacle or at the base 

 of the perianth ; filaments distinct, 

 filiform or flat, sometimes appen- 

 diculate or 3-toothed, the intermediate tooth antheriferous ; anthers introrse, 2- 

 celled, basi- or dorsi-fixed, or versatile, dehiscence longitudinal. OVARY free, with 3 

 several-many-ovuled cells ; style simple, terminal, or rarely gynobasic (Allium vine- 

 ale, &c.) ; stigmas 3, more or less distinct ; ovules inserted afr the central angle of the 

 cells, anatropous or semi-anatropous, FRUIT dry, very rarely a berry (Sanseviera, 

 Lomatophyllum), or sub-berried (Yucca, sp. Asplwdelus) . CAPSULE 3-celled, loculi- 

 cidally 3-valved, rarely septicidal (Calockortus, Agapanthus, Knipliofia, &c.). SEEDS 

 usually numerous ; testa various, sometimes membranous or suberose, pale, sometimes 

 margined ; sometimes crustaceous, fragile, black ; albumen fleshy. EMBRYO axile or 

 excentric, variable in length, straight, or variously bent; radicle near the hilurn. 



Alne vulyaris. 



TRIBE I. TULIP ACEM 



Perianth-leaflets distinct and coherent at the base, sometimes nectariferous. 

 Stamens hypogynous or obscurely perigy nous. Ovules anatropous. Fruit a capsule, 



