456 THE LILY FAMILY. [Paris. 



Perianth spreading, divided to the base. Leaves alter- 

 nate .4. MAIANTHEMUM. 



Fruit a capsule. 

 Rootstock not bulbous. 



Flowers of a brownish white, paniculate . 15. SIMETHIS. 



Flowers yellow, in a raceme or spike. 



Style simple 16. NARTHEOIUM. 



Styles 3. Stigmas capitate 17. TOFIELDIA. 



Stigmas 3, sessile, feathery TRIGLOOHIN (p. 430). 



Rootstock bulbous. 



Flowers in a terminal umbel or head . . 14. ALLIUM. 



Flowers solitary, or in a terminal raceme. 

 Perianth -segments spreading. 

 Perianth white, with pink stripes. Flowers 



usually solitary 9. LLOTWA. 



Perianth yellow. Flowers in a corymb-like ra- 

 ceme 10. GAGEA. 



Perianth-segments converging into a bell-shape. 

 Segments chequered, the inner ones with a cavity 



near the base 7. FRITILLARIA. 



Segments not chequered, without any cavities . 8. TULIPA. 

 Stem leafless. Leaves all radical, sometimes sheathing the 

 stem. 



Rootstock creeping. Fruit a berry 8. CONVALLARIA. 



Rootstock bulbous. Fruit a capsule. 

 Flowers radical, with a very long tube commencing under- 

 ground 18. COLCHIOUM. 



Flowers in a terminal umbel or head 14. ALLIUM. 



Flowers in a terminal raceme. 



Perianth of 1 piece, with 6 minute teeth . . . .13. MUSOARI. 

 Perianth of 6 segments. 



Flowers blue or pink. (Filaments flattened or not) . 12. SCILLA. 

 Flowers white or greenish. Filaments flattened . . 11. ORNITHOGALUM. 

 Flowers yellow. Filaments not flattened . . .10. GAGEA. 



The above Genera belong to the following Suborders : 



1. TRILLIDE.E. Fruit a berry. Leaves with netted veins. Styles free. Qenut: 

 I. PARIS. 



2. CONVALLARIEJG. Fruit a berry. Leaves with parallel veins. Styles united. 

 Testa of the seed membranous. Genera: 2. POLYGONATDM; 3. CONVALLARIA; 

 *. MAIANTHEMUM. 



3. ASPARAGE.E. Fruit a berry. Leaves with netted veins. Styles united. Testa 

 of the seed hard and black. Genera: 5. ASPARAGUS ; 6. Ruscus. 



4. LILIES. Fruit a capsule. Styles united. Genera: 7. FRITILLARIA; 8. 

 TULIPA ; 9. LLOYDIA ; 10. GAGEA ; 11. ORNITHOGALUM ; 12. SCILLA ; 13. MUSOARI ; 

 14. ALLIUM ; 15. SIMETHIS ; 16. NARTHECIUM. 



5. COLCHICEJE. Fruit a capsule. Styles distinct. Genera: If. TOFIELDIA; 18. 



COLCHICUM. 



Among the exotic Genera most familiar by long or general cultivation 

 may be mentioned the Hyacinth, Asphodel, Yucca, Lilium, Calochortus, 

 Erythronium or Dog-tooth Violet, Hemerocallis, Tuberose (Polyanthes), 

 Agapanthus, Funckia, &c., and some of their species, especially of 

 Lilium, occasionally appear almost wild in the neighbourhood of gar- 

 dens. The Pineapple and some showy Pourretias and Tillandsias, occa- 

 sionally seen in our hothouses, belong to the nearly allied family of 

 Bromeliacece. 



I. PAEIS. HERB-PARIS. 



Rootstock creeping. Stem simple, with a single whorl of netted- 

 veined leaves, and a single terminal flower. Perianth of 8 or rarely 10 

 narrow segments in two series. Stamens as many. Ovary with 4 or 

 rarely 5 cells, and as many distinct styles or stigmas. 



