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slender peduncles. Sepals taper-pointed. Stigmas 3. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, taper-pointed, closely sessile, downy underneath. 

 Berry oblong or obovate, red. 



8. Strep i.ipns. Stem leafy and forking. Flowers small, not quite ii 



the axils of the ovate clasping leaves, on slender peduncles which 

 are bent near the middle. Anthers arrow-shaped, 2-horned at the 

 apex. 



9. Yera' triim. Stem tall and stout, very leafy to the top, from a thick- 



ened base, producing coarse fibrous roots. Flowers yellowish- 

 green, in a pyramidal panicle of dense spike-like racemes. 

 Perianth somewhat spreading, slightly adherent to the ovary. 

 Filaments of the stamens recurved. Anthers kidney-shaped. 

 Styles 3. 



-i- -i- Perianth of one piece ( gamophyllous. ) 



10. Suiilnci'iin. Flowers small, white, in a terminal raceme. Perianth 



6-parted, but 4-partedin one species, spreading. Style short and 

 thick. Stigma obscurely lobed. Filaments slender. 



11. Polygona'liini. Flowers small, greenish, nodding, mostly in pair 8 



in the axils of the nearly sessile leaves. Perianth cylindrical, 6- 

 lobed at the summit, the 6 stamens inserted on or above the middle 

 of the tube. Stem simple, from a long and knotted rootstock. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath. 



12. Aspnr'agus. Flowers small, greenish-yellow, axillary, on jointed 



pedicels. Perianth 6-parted, spreading above, the 6 stamens 011 

 its base. Stigma 3-lobed. Berry globular, 3-celled. Stem much 

 branched. Leaves thread-like. Rootstock thick and matted. 



* * * * L eaves straight-veined, not grass-like. Stem usually from a 

 coated or scaly bulb. Style 1, not divided above, but the stigma 

 tometimes 3-lobed. Frmt a pod, splitting open midway between 

 the partitions (loculicidal.J 



13. Lil'iiini. Stem leafy, from a scaly bulb, the leaves often whorled or 



crowded. Anthers at first erect, at length versatile. Style long, 

 rather club-shaped. Stigma 3-lobed. Pod oblong. Flowers large 

 and showy, one or more. 



14. Erythro' ilium. For full description see Part I., sections 82 and 83. 



(Dog's-tooth Violet.) 



15. Allluni. Scape naked, from a coated bulb. Flowers in an umbel, 



fromaspathe. Style thread-like. Strong-scented plants. 



16. Hemerocal'lts. Scape not from a bulb, but from a fleshy-fibrous 



root. Perianth large, orange-yellow, lily-like, the short tube en- 

 closing the ovary, the spreading limb 6-parted. Stamens 6, on the 

 perianth. Leaves long, linear, keeled, in 2 ranks, at the base of 

 the scape. Flowers several, bracted. 



