74 ASPIIODELl. [Cl. 3. 



rior. Stamens 6, inserted into its middle, or base, or 

 into glands proceeding therefrom and lying on the Ger- 

 rnen, which is simple, with 1 Style, and a three-cleft 

 Stigma. Fruit of 3 cells, either pulpy and not burst- 

 ing, or capsular, of 3 valves, with 1 or several Seeds 

 in each cell. Leaves sheathing, usually all radical. 

 Flowers spiked, panicled, or corymbose, each accom- 

 panied by a Sheath or Bractea." 



Sect. 1. Germen superior. Burmannia and Til- 

 landsia, (the former thought more allied to Junci by 

 Mr. Brown), also Pui/a of Molina. 



Sect. 2. Germen inferior. Xcrophyta, Bromelict, 

 and Agave, fig. 147. Jussieu himself seems dissatis- 

 fied with this Order, whose germination is not tho- 

 roughly known. 



Ord. 16. ASPHODELI. " Calyx (Corolla Linn.) 

 inferior, coloured, most frequently in 6 deep equal 

 divisions ; sometimes tubular and undivided below. 

 Stamens 6, inserted into its middle or base. Germen 

 simple. Style 1. Stigma simple or 3-cleft. Capsule 

 of 3 cells and 3 valves, with many Seeds. Root in 



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most instances bulbous, bearing a Scaptis (17); if 

 fibrous, it often produces an herbaceous Stem. Leaves 

 sheathing, alternate, often all radical. Spike, or 

 Cluster, simple or branched, with a Sheath, or mem- 

 branous Bractea, under each branch and flower. 

 Flowers terminal, rarely axillary ; in Alllum umbel- 

 late," as well as in the new genus Swot? baa, fig. 149, 

 Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 4. 218. 



