GENERA. sli 



C. Fl. without calyx, inferior. 

 i. fr. a. berry of 2 or 3 cells. AsPARAGEJi;. 



785. ASPARAGUS. Cor. 6-parted, permanent. Berry of 3 cells and 3 seeds. Stigmas 3. 

 L. very numerous, small, very narrow, tufted. Fl.. lateral, stalked, drooping, p. 302. 



786. STREPTOPUS. Cor. 6-partcd, with 6 oblong pits at base. Stigmas 3, very short (re- 

 flexed, Poll.). Beny nearly globose, with 3 cells and many seeds. L. amplexicaul, alternate. 

 Fl.-stalks axillary, pendulous. Placed by Jussieu among the LiliacEjE. p. 362. 



788. COTTVALLARIA. Cor. tubular or campanulate ; border in 6 segments. Berry of 2-3 

 cells and as many seeds. Stigma 1, obtuse, triangular. Perennial Herbs, with sessile, ribbed, en- 

 tire L. p. 363. 



ii. Fr. a capsule, opening into Z follicles. ColchicacE^. 



809. BtTLBOCODIITM. Cor. funnel-shaped. Pet. 6, on very long, staminiferous claws. 

 Bulb coated. L. and Fl. embraced by a radical sheath, p. 373. 



iii. Fr. a capsule. Ilissejnments attached to middle of valves. 



a. Filaments bearded. 



814. TfARTHECIUM. Pet. 6, lineari -lanceolate, spreading. Seeds many, tunicate, with a 

 thread-like appendage at each end. Root creeping. L. sword-shaped, entire. Junce^. p. 373. 



800. SIMETHIS. Pet. 6, spreading, deciduous. Style filifoim, deciduous. Seeds 2 in 

 each cell. Root of long tubers. L. linear. Liliacej?. p. 365. 



b. Filaments not bearded. Petals 6. 

 * Seeds many in each cell. Liliace^e. CoEONARiiE of Linn., except Erythronium. 



796. ERYTHRONIUM. Pet. reflexed i inner each with two calli at base. Root tu- 

 beroits. L. radical, stalked. Scape \-flowered. Sarmentace^ of Linn. p. 365. 



793. TULIPA. Pet. without nectaiies or calli. No Style. Seed flat. Bulb coated. 

 Stem simple, leafy at bottom, p. 363. 



794. FRITILLARIA. Pet. each with a nectariferous cavity at base. Bulb lobed or 

 scaly. Stem simple, leafy. Fl. terminal, pendulous, p. 364. 



795. LILIUM. Pet. each with a tube-lilce channel at base. Bulb compound, scaly. Stem 

 simple, leafy, p. 364. 



797. LLOYDIA. Pet. each with a transverse nectariferous plait near the base. Seed flat. 

 Root-L. grass-like ; upper shorter, p. 365. 



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

 Aphyllanthes. CoronarIjE of Linn., except AUium and AphyUanthes. 



798. ASPHODELUS. Pet. spreading. Nect. of 6 staminiferous valves, covering the 

 germen. Root tuberous. Fl. in racemes, never blue. p. 365. 



799. AISTTHERICUM. Pet. spreading, 3-nerved. Pil. filiform. Stigma obtuse. Style 

 3-edged, persistent. Seeds angular. Root tuberous. L.narrov). p. 865. 



801. PARADISIA. Pil. on the carpophore, subulate, bent down. Style filifonn, bent 

 down, longer than stamens. Scape naked. Rac. simple, terminal, p. 365. 



805. G-AGrEA. Pet. spreading, ye^/o?<>. Sta. on petals, not dilated at base. Root bulbous. 

 Stem scape-like, with L. only at the Fl.-stalks. p. 367. 



806. ORNITHOGALUM. Pet. lanceolate, persistent, spreading. Fil. dilated at base, 

 hardly adhering to petals. Bulb coated, L. radical. Pet. green on the keel. p. 368. 



807. ALLIUM. Pet. ovate, sessile. Fil. subulate, flattened. Stigma acute. Seeds angular. 



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