OivDER 148. LILYWORTS. 31? 



ORDER CXLYIII. LILIACE.E. Lilyworts. 



Herls with parallel-veined leaves, bulbous or tuberous stems ; 

 lowers perfect, regular, generally large and richly colored ; 

 perianth 6 (rarely 4)-parted, uniformly colored, free from the ovary; 

 stamens 6 (rarely 4) ; anthers fixed by a point and turned inwards ; 

 style single ; ovary superior, 2 or 3-celled ; seed with fleshy albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Plants bulbous at the base, or with a thick, woody stem (caudex). . . .2 

 Plants with a rhizome, creeper, or fibrous roots. . . .4 



2 Perianth segments united, forming a tubular flower d 



2 Perianth segment* separate, not forming a tube 3 



3 Stem (or caudex) leafy at least below, few or many-flowered h 



3 Stem (scape) sheathed at base, bearing a solitary flower. . . .a 

 3 Stem (scape) sheathed at base, leafless, many-floweted... ,c 

 4 Stamens bent to one side, curved-ascending. Flowers showy....* 

 4 Stamens straight, and equal in position.. . .5 



5 Perianth segments united to near the summit f 



5 Perianth segments separate, not forming a tube 6 



6 Flowers in terminal, leafless clusters, small, whitish g 



6 Flowers axillary, or terminal and solitary. . . .7 

 7 Leaves thread-form, &c. . . .h 

 7 Leaves ovate, &c....k 



a Flowers nodding. Wild plants. Erythronium. ERYTHRONIUM. 1 



a Flowers erect. Garden plants, f Tulip. TD'LIPA. 



b Nectary a linear groove at the base of each segment. Lily. LII.IUM. % 



b Nectary a round cavity at base of each seg. t Crown Imperial. FRITILLA'HIA. 

 b Nectary none. Flowers panicled, large. Seeds many, t Yucca. YUCCA. 

 b Nectary none. Flowers panicled, small. Seeds 1-3. S. Nolina. NOLI'NA. 

 c Flowers in racemes, blue or purple, t Squill. SCILLA. 



c Fls. in racemes or corymbs, yellow or white. Star- Bethlehem. ORNITHOG'ALCM. 

 c Flowers in umbels, white or roseate. Stamens straight. Garlic. AL'UUM. 3 



c Fls. in umbels, blue. Stam. declined and curved, t Love-flower. AGAPAN'THUS. 

 d Perianth-limb revolute, as long as the tube, t Hyacinth. HYACIN'THUS. 

 d Per.-limb spreading, much shorter than tube, t Grape Ifyacinth. MUSCA RI. 

 e Segments distinct. Stamens at base valve-like, t A*phi>del. ASPHOD'ELUS. 

 e Segments half-united. Stamens perigynous ( S3), t Day Lily. UEMEHOCAL'LIS. 

 c Segments half-united. Stamens hypogynous. t White Day Lily. FDN'KIA. 4 

 f Fl. tubular-oblong, greenish, axillary. Jointed Solomon's Seal. POLYQONA'TUJT. 

 f Fl. broad bell-shaped, white, racemed. Lily-of-tla- V,illty. CONVAI.I.^'KIA. 



