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except the lowest: stamens from 6 to 20, or more : 

 capsule silique-like, 1-ceIIed, 2-valved. Tetra- 

 dynamous. 25. 64 — dodecandra, (false^mustard) 

 leaves ternate, stamens 10 to li. (x)- w. 



Floerkea. Calyx S-leaved, corol 3-petal1ed : 

 style 2-cIeft : capsule bladder-like, 2-grained. 15. 

 22 — /iroser/iinacoides, ( false -mermaid) peduncles 

 long, solitary. 0. g-y. 



B. Flowers with a sfiathc or glume ^ without a fieri" 



anth. 



Amaryllis. Corol superior, 6-petalIed, une- 

 qual : filaments unequal in proportion or direction, 

 declined, inserted in the throat of the tube. 9. 17 — 

 atamascGy (atamask lily) corol liliaceous, stamens 

 declined. 11. y. 



Hypoxis. Glume-like spathe 2-?alved; corol 

 superior, e.parted, permanent : capsule elongated, 

 narrow at the base: seed roundish. 10. 17 — erectay 

 (star grass) scape 2 to 4-flowered. 2/. y. 



Allium. Spathe many-flowered : petals inferi- 

 or, ovate, spreading, sessile. (Flowers in close 

 umbels or heads.) 9. 16 — porrum, (leek).umbellifer- 

 ous, leaves flat. 2/ — ascalonicumj (eschallots) um- 

 belliferous, leaves awlform. 2/ . c-^tricoccumj (gar- 

 lic) umbelliferous, scape half-terete. 2/ cepa, 



-(onion) scape bulging, longer than the terete leaves. 

 2/ . e — schoeno/irasiunii (chives) scape and leaves 

 terete, nearly equal. 2/ . e — sativum^ (common gar- 

 lick) bulb-bearing, leaves flat. 2/. e. — canadensis) 

 (wilci onion) bulb-bearing, leaves linear. 2/. 



Galanthus. Petals 3, concave, superior : nec- 

 taries 3, small, emarginate; stigma simple. 6. 17 — 

 nivaHs) (snow -drop) leaves linear, keeled radical ; 

 flowers single. 11. \f. 



Narcissus. Petals 6, equal, superior: nectary 

 bell-form, Meafed, including the stamens. 9. 17— 



