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I'OIMLAR FLORA. 



Fruit a few-seeded berry : flowers srnall. Herbs from rootstocks : no biUbs. 



Stems niucii branched ; leaves fine and tliread-sliapud, in clusters, (Aspdra'jus) *A.SPAKAijiU.S. 

 Stems simide above ground and leafv. Leaves (tblong or lance-oblong. 



Flowers axillary, noddin;,', greenish ; )>erianlh tubular, 0-lobed : stamens above 

 the middle, on very short filaments. Rootstoik thick, nmrked with broad 

 round scars on the ui)i)er .side (Fig. 63), (Pohifiiniiituiii) SoLOMON'h-Skal. 



Flowers in a terminal raceme, white: perianth 6-parted, in one case 4-i)arted, 

 the divisions narrow and widely spreading, the stamens on its base : 

 filaments slender, (Sniilarhut) Smilacina. 



.Stems or scape simple and leafless above ground ; the broad leaves all from its base 

 or from the slender loot stock. 

 Flowers small, in a slender raceUK!, white; periantli bell-shaped, 6-lobed (Fig. 



3) : leaves very smooth, (Coiirnliarid) *Ln,V-«)F-THK-VAM.i:Y. 



Flowers rather large, in an umbel, greenish-yellow or whitish : periantli 6- 



leaved : leaves of the jdant ciliate, (Cliiitdnia) CliNTONIA. 



Fruit a 3-celled pod, splitting into 3 valves when ripe. 



I'eriauth wheel-shaped, or sometimes erect or bell-shnped, 6-leaved : flowers on a 

 scape or nearly naked stem, rising from a coaled bulb : seeds round and 

 black, few. 

 F'lowers in a corymb, A\bite : style 3-sided, (OrnUhOyalwn) *Stak-of-Bkthletikm. 



F'lowers in a raceme, blue or purjile : style thread-like, (Sril/a) Squill. 



Flowers in an umbel from a scaly bract or involucre, {Allium) Onion. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, bell-shaj)ed, or globe-shaped, more or less united into a 

 tube or cup, bearing the 6 stamens, except in some Day-Lilies. 

 Scape and leaves from a coated bulb: flowers in a raceme. Leaves narrow. 



I'erianth globular, blue, small, (Mnsrdri) *c;uArE-HYAClNTH. 



Perianth .short, funnel-shaped or bell-shapod, 6-cleft, (Hi/dcinthus) *HYACiNrH. 



Scape or stem leafy towards the bottom, from fibrous roots (no bull)), bearing a 

 few large flowers in a cluster at the top: stamens curved to one side. 

 Flower opening for only one day, {HemerocdUig) *Dat-Lily. 



Perianth bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, iS:c. , but of 6 separate petal-like divisions: 

 seeds many, mostly flat, i)ale. 

 Simple-stemmed herbs from a scaly or coated bulb : stamens on the receptacle 

 or attached to the very base of the deciduous perianth. 

 Anthers fixed by their middle and swinging free : stems leafy to the top. 

 Ko honey-bearing spots, or merely a groove at the bottom of each 



division of the perianth. Bulb scaly, (LUiam) "Lu.x^ 



A round and large honey-bearing spot near tho bottom of each division 



of the perianth, {Pttiluiiii) *ClU)WN-lMPERlAL. 



Anthers erect on tiie filament, appearing to be fixed by their base : stem or 

 scape leafy OTily at or towards the bottom. 

 Style none or hardly any : stigmas 3 on the long 3-sided ovary, (Tiiliixt) *Tl'i,if. 

 Stylo long : ovary roundish : leaves 2, spotted, 



( Eriithroniuni ) Dogtooth-Violet. 

 Stems woody, palm-like, or not rising above the ground, from roots or root- 

 stocks (no bulbs) : leaves evergreen, sword-shaped. Flowers white, tulip- • ■ 

 shaped, in a large, terminal, compound panicle, ^ ( Yucca) Yucca. 



