xlii GENERA. 



Umbel at first included in one or more sheatliing bracts. Herbage with a strong peculiar smell 

 when bruised, p. 369. 



815. APHYLLANTHES. Cor. of 6 petals. Sbeath dimidiate, glumaceous. Caps, 

 with 3 angles, 3 valves, and 3 cells. Scapes numerous, furnished with channeled scales at base 

 instead of L. Junce^e. p. 374. 



803. SCILLA. Pet. ovato-oblong, spreading, deciduous, 1-nerved. Fil. filiform. Bulb 

 coated. Fl. in racemes, never yellow, p. 365. 



c. Til. not bearded. Pet. 1 . Liliace^. 



803. HYACITyTTHUS. Cor. funnel-sbaped or campanulate : segments l-nerved. Fil. 

 lanceolate. Bulb coated. Fl. in racemes. Seeds roundish. In H. patulus and H. nonscrip- 

 tus, the margins of each petal are continued independently quite to their base, giving the appear- 

 ance of a Scilla, but they are united within the margin, p. 366. 



804. MtrsCAEI. Cor. cylindrical or urceolate, with 6 teeth. Fil. very short, dilated at 

 base. Bulb coated. L. channeled. Fl. in racemes, bracteolate. p. 367. 



808. HEMEROCALLIS. Cor. campanulate, on a cylindi-ical tube. Sta. bent down. 

 Caps. 3-edged. Boot of thick fibres. L. scattered, linear. Fl. large, yellow or yellow-brown. 

 p. 372. 



D. Fl. on a common spadix I Aroide*. 

 821. ACORTIS. Cor. of 6 petals. Style 0. Spadk many -flowered. Smooth, aromatic, 

 aquatic Herbs, without stem, and with radical, equitant, sword-shaped L. Scape leaf-like, 

 bearing one lateral spadix. p. 378. 



£S. Pet. 0. Cal. inferior, persistent. Junce^. 



816. JUWCUS, Sep. 6, glume-like. Caps, of 3 cells and 3 valves. Seeds numerous, 

 attached to inner edge of dissepiment. L. alternate, undivided^, or wanting, hairless, not fiat. 

 Fl. greenish, with 2 cloSe bracts to each. p. 374. 



817. LUZtJTiA. Sep. 6. Caps, of 1 cell, 3 valves, and 8 erect seeds. Boot creeping. 

 Stem leafy, simple. L. grassy, flat, more or less fringed with long, irregular hairs, p. 377- 



II. DIGYNIA. 



699. OXYKIA. Cal. of 2 L. Pet. 2. Seed ], compressed, winged. Herbaceous, add, 

 smooth. L. stalked, nearly all radical. Poltgone^e. HoLORACEiE of Linn. p. 319. 



' 849. ORTZA. Glumes 2, not precisely opposite. Outer Pale ribbed and grained. Rice. 

 Gramina. p. 397. 



III. TRIGYNIA. 



698. RUMEX. Cal. of 3 L. Pet. 8. Seed 1, naked, triangular. Smooth, perennial Herbs. 

 Fl. numerous, green, forming whorled, terminal racemes. Each Fl.-stalk with a joint near 

 the base. PoLiGONEiE. HoloracE/E of Linn. p. 318. 



747. SCHEUCHZERIA. Perigonium deeply 6-parted. Caps. 3, inflesed, 1-seeded, 

 joined at base. Smooth Herbs. L. semicylindrical, sheathing, with a pore at top. Alisma- 

 CEiE. p. 345. 



748. TRIGLOCHIN. Perigonium of 6 L. Caps. 3 or 6, 1-seeded, attached to an an- 

 gular axis, at last separating at the base. Marsh plants. L. linear, all radical. Bac. erect, 

 of numerous, small, greenish Fl. Alisiiace^. p. 345. 



810. MEREETDERA. Cal. 0. Cor. campanulate, 6-pai'ted: divisions with staminife- 

 rons claws. Caps, of 3, erect follicles, not inflated. Fl.from the root. CoLCHtCACEJi;. p. 373. 



811. COLCHICUM. Cal. 0. Cor. of 1 petal, tubular. Caps. 3, inflated. Seeds nu- 

 merous. Boot a bulb. Stem 0. L. and Fl. enveloped in a common sheath, Fl.from the 

 root. CoxcHiCACEiE. p. 373. 



