72 .HJXCI. [Cl. 3. 



inserted therein. Germen simple; Styles J or 3 ; 

 Stigma simple or three-cleft. Fruit pulpy, rarely cap- 

 sular, of 3 cells. Seeds few, or solitary. Embryo at 

 the scar of a horny Albumen. Stem often herbaceous. 

 Leaves alternate, (simple, undivided) ; seldom op- 

 posite or whorled. Flowers each with a scaly Brae- 

 tea, occasionally dioecious, sometimes deprived of a 

 third, or gaining a fourth, in the number of their 

 parts." 



Sect. 1. Fl. united. Germen superior. Drac&na, 

 Asparagus, Medeofa, Paris, fig. 143, Conrallaria, 

 fig. 144, &c. 



Sect. 2. Fl. dioecious. Germ. sup. Ruscus, Smila.r, 

 Dioscorea. 



Sect. 3. Fl. dioecious. Germ, inferior. Tamus, 

 Rajania. 



Mr. Brown removes Asparagus and Drac&na, with 

 some of their allies, to Asphodek<e or Asphodeli, 

 Ord. 16. 



Ord. 13. JUNCI. "Calyx inferior, in 6 deep seg- 

 ments, the 3 inner ones sometimes larger and petal- 

 like, sometimes all 6 are glumaceous (53 : 5). Stamens 

 usually 6. Germen in some simple, with one Style, 

 and a Capsule of 3 valves with central partitions, 

 bearing the Seeds : or several, 3 or 6, rarely many, 

 each with 1 Style and Stigma ; becoming so many 

 Capsules, with 1 or many Seeds. Embryo, in some 

 at least, at the scar of a horny Albumen, liejbs, 

 with (simple.) alternate; sheathing Leaves ; the upper 



