40 CLASS VI. ORDER II. 



nectariferous hollow at the base of each petal : fil- 

 aments very short. 11. 14 — fierfoliatay (bellwort) 

 leaves perfoliate, %-y — sessz/i/b/Za, leaves sessile, 

 lance-ovate. 2/. y. 



Orontium. Receptacle spadix-like, cylindric, 

 covered with florets : spathe : corol 6 petalled, 

 naked: style : follicle 1-seeded. 2. 7 — aquatU 

 cum^ (floating aruin) leaves lance-ovate, glabrous, 

 tapering- base. ^. y. 



Narthecium. Corol 6-petalled, inferior, spread- 

 ing, permanent: filaments thread-form, hairy : cap- 

 sule prismatic : seed appendaged at both ends. 10. 

 16 — a?nericanumj (false asphodel) having a clasping 

 bract. 2/. y. 



Ornithogalum. Corol 6-petalled, erect, per- 

 manent, spreading above the middle : filaments 

 dilated or subulate at the base : capsule roundish, 

 angled, 3-celled : seed roundish, naked. 10 16— 

 umbellatum, (star of Bethlehefif) peduncles longer 

 than bracts, corymbs few-flowered. 2/. w. 



AcoKUS. Receptacle spadix-like, cylindric, cov- 

 ered with florets : corol 6-petalled) naked ; corol 

 o: capsule 3-celled. 2. 7— cfl/aww^, (sweet flag) 

 spike projecting from the side of a sword-form 

 leaf. %.. 



D» Flowers ivithout cor oh 



JuNCUs. Glume 2-valved : calyx 6-leaved, per- 

 manent : stigmas 1 or 3-celled, S-valved, many- 

 seeded. 5. 13 — tenuis^ (rush grass) leaves chaneU 

 led, panicle cymed. % — sylvaticus^ leaves flat, 

 hairy, panicle cymed. 2/ — camfiestrisy leaves flat, 

 hairy, spikelets terminal. 2/. (Very small.) — effu- 

 susj (bull-rush) culm round, smooth, panicle later- 

 al. %. 



* Trientalis, Polygonum, Laurus, Corydalis. 



Order II. Digynia. 



Oryza. Calyx, glume 2-valved, 1 -flowered : 



