XCIY. LILIACE^. 445 



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periantli, 3- (or rarely 2-) celled. Style 1, undivided. Stigma 

 simple or 3- (or rarely 2-) lobed. Fruit succulent or dry and 

 capsular, 3- (or rarely 2-) celled. Seeds usually placed one 

 above another in 2 rows in each cell, sometimes in pairs or 

 solitary. Albumen fleshy. — Herbs, shrubs, or trees^ ivith bulbs 

 or tubers or rhizomas or fibrous roots. Leaves with parallel 

 veins or nerves^ never articulated ivith the stem^ mostly narrow. 

 Flowers usually large and showy ^ sometimes small and greenish, — 

 Many of the family contain a bitter juice. The root oi S cilia 

 maritima (or Urginea Scillo) affords the Squill of the shops. 

 Socotrine Aloes are produced by Aloe Socotrina ; Barhadoes 

 Aloes by A, perfoliata. New Zealand Flax is the fibre from the 

 leaves of Pho?^mium tenax. Gum-Dragon is the concrete juice 

 of DraccBua Draco. 



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* Fruit a herry. Roots never bulbous, ( Ovules 2 in each cell in British 

 ]lg ' genera.) Asparageaj. 



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1. Asparagus. Perianth 6-partite, campannlate, deciduous. Stam, 6, 



distinct. Stigmas 3, reflexed. Flowers jointed with their pedicel. 



■ 2. Euscus. Perianth 6 -partite, persistent. tStamens connected at the 



. base. Style surrounded by a nectary (tube formed by the sterile 



stamens). Stigma capitate. Flowers imperfect. 



3, CoNVALLARiA. Perianth companulate, 6-cIeft, deciduous. Stamens 

 6, distinct. Stigma 1. Flowers perfect, not jointed Avith the 

 pedicel. 



4. PoLYGONATUM. Perianth cyhndrical, 6-cleft at the apex, scarcely 

 deciduous. Stam. 6, distinct. Stigma 1. Flowers perfect, j ointed 

 with the pedicel. 



4^ Matanthemum. Perianth 4-partite, spreading, deciduous. Stam. 4, 

 diverging, inserted into the base of the segments. Anthers ovate. 

 Flowers perfect, not jointed with the pedicel. 



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** Fruit dry, capsular. Roots never bulbous. Floivers jointed with their 



pediceL Anthericece. 



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. 5. SiMETHis. Flowers perfect. Perianth 6-partite, spreading, deciduous. 



Stam. 6 ; filaments bearded. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



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l^ruit drij, capsular. Root bidbous. Flowers usually on a leafless scape, 

 and with membranaceous bracteas or spathas, but no true leaves at the 

 I ^^^^ <lf the pedicels ivhich are not jointed with the flower. Ovules 



'^; I numerous in each cell Scille^. 



t Sepals combined below or forming a companulate perianth. Anthers 



attached to the fllament by their back above the base. 



6. Agraphis. Perianth 6-partite, tubular- campanulate, sepals reflexed 

 7 M ^^ extremity. Filaments longish, decurrent. 

 /. MuscARi. Perianth globose or subcyhndrical, contracted at the 

 mouth, 6 -toothed. Filaments very short. 



tt Sepals distinct, spreading. Anthers attached to the filament by their 



back. 



8. Alltuai. Flowers umbellate, inclosed at first in a 1— 2-Ieaved 



spatua. 



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