si GENERA. 



. ' , VI. HEXANDEIA. 



I. MONOGYNIA. 



A. Fl. with calyx and corolla. 



B. No calyx. Fl. superior, mostly inclosed at first in a sheath. 



C. No calyx. Fl. inferior, mostly without a sheath. 

 i. Fr. a beriy of 3 cells. 



ii. Fr. a capsule, opening into 3 follicles. 



iii. Fr. a capsule. Dissepiments attached to the centre of the valves. 



a. Fil. bearded. 



b. Fn. not bearded. Pet. 6. 

 * Seeds many in each cell. 



** Seeds few (2-8, or perhaps sometimes 10 or 12) in each cell. 



c. Fn. not bearded. Pet. 1. ' 



D. Fl. on a common spadix. 



E. No Petals. Cal. inferior, persistent. 



A. Fl. with calyx and corolla. 



22. BERBERIS. Cal. of 6 sepals, inferior. Pet. 6, each with 2 glands at base. Berry with 

 2 seeds. A Shrub. L. alternate, having bristly serratures, a thorn at base of leaf-bud, and a 

 raceme of yellow Fl. Beeberide^. p. 11. 



23. LEONTICE. Sep. 6, deciduous, inferior. Pet. 6. Nect. of 6 L., seated on the 

 claws of the petals. Herbaceous, with compound L. BERBEEiDEiE. p. 11. 



106. PEANKElSriA. Cal. of 1 Sep., inferior, 5-cleft. Pet. 5. Caps, of 1 ceU and many 

 seeds. Decumbent, copiously branched plants, with small, opposite, entire L. FRANEENiACEiE. 

 p. 43. 



237. PEPLIS, Cal. with 6 deep segments and 6 intermediate plaits, inferior. Pet. 6. 

 Caps, of two cells and many seeds. Small herbaceous plants^ with simple L. and small axil- 

 lary Fl. Lytheari^. p. 127. 



361. LORAIfTHUS. Cal. a nearly entire margin, superior. Cor, 6-parted. Berry inferior, 

 of 1 seed. A parasitic Shrub, with opposite L., much like Viscum. Loranthace^. p. 162. 



B. Fl. without calyx, but included in a sheath when young {except in Agave), superior. 



Amaryllide^. Spathace^ of Linn. 



779. STEHNBERGIA. Sheath simple, 1-flowered. Cor. e-pai-ted, funnel-shaped : seg- 

 ments equal. Sta. affixed to the erect tube. Mouth naked. Boot bulbous, p. 360. 



780. PANCRATIUM. Cor. funnel-shaped. Pet. 6. Nect. campanulate, with 6 long, 

 staminiferous teeth. Boot bulbous. L. radical. Sheath green within, p. 360. 



781. NARCISSUS. Pet. 6, attached to a campanulate nectary, within which are the stamens. 

 Root bulbous. L. radical, in two ranks. Stalk central. Fl.from a simple, terminal, sheathing 

 bract, p. 360. 



782. LEUCOJUM. Cor. campanulate, of 6 nearly equal petals. Sta. simple, equal. Baot 

 bulbous. L. radical. Fl. drooping, with a solitary sheathing bract, p. 363. 



783. GALANTHUS. Pet. 6 : the three inner shorter and emarginate. Boot bulbous. L. 

 radical, in pairs. Fl. drooping, with a distant cloven bract, p. 362. 



784. AGAVE. No Sheath. Cor. funnel-shaped. Tube short. Border 6-parted. Sta. fili- 

 form, exsert after flowering. L. fleshy, all radical. Scape very tall. Fl. very numerous. 

 CoRONARiiE of Linn. p. 362. 



