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slender peduncles. Sepals taper-pointed. Stlgroas 3. Leaves 

 ovate-oblone:, taper-pointed, closely sessile, downy underneath. 

 Berry oblong or obovate, red. 



8. Strep'lopns. Stem leafy and forking;. Flowers small, not quite li 



the axils of the ovate clasping leaves, on slender peduncles which 

 are hent near the middle. Anthers arrow-shaped, 2-horned at the 

 apex. 



9. Tera'trum. Stem tall aad stout, very leafy to the top, from a thick- 



ened base, producing coarse fibrous roots. Flowers yellowish - 

 green, in a pyramidal panicle of dense spike-like racemes. 

 Perianth somewhat spreading, slightly adherent to the ovary. 

 Filaments of the stamens recurved. Anthers kidney-shaped. 

 Styles 3. 



-t- -*- Perianth of one piece ( gamopUyllous. ) 



10. Smllncrua. Flowers small, white, in a terminal raceme. Perianth 



6-parted, b?/i 4-partedin one species, spreading. Style short and 

 thick. Stigma obscurely lobed. Filaments slender. 



11. Polygoiia'tiiiu* Flowers small, greenish, nodding, mostly inpairs 



in the axils of the nearly sessile leaves. Peiianth cylindrical, 6- 

 lobed at the summit, tM G stamens inserted on or above the middle 

 of the tube. Stem simple, from a long and knotted rootstock. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath. 



12. Aspnr'agns. Flowers small, greenish-yellow, axillary, on jointed 



pedicels. Pei'ianth 6-parted, spreading above, the 6 stamens on 

 its base. Stigma 3-lobed. Berry globular, 3-celled. Stem much 

 branched. Leaves thread-like. Rootstock thick and matted. 



* * * * Leaves straight-veined., not grass-like. Stem usually from, a 

 coated or scaly bulb. Style 1, not divided above, but the stigma 

 sometimes -S-lobed. Fruit a pod, splitting open midway between 

 the partitions (loculicidal.) 



13. litrinm. Stem lea/y, irom a scaly bulb, the leaves often whorled or 



crowded. Anthers at first erect, at length versatile. Style long, 

 rather club-shaped. Stigma 3-lobed. Pod oblong. Flowers large 

 and showy ,one or. more. 



14. Erythro'iiinni. For full description see Part I., sections 82 and 83. 



(Dog's-tooth Violet.) 



15. AlUani. Scape naked, from a coated bulb. Flowers In an umbel, 



fromaspathe. Style thread-like. Strong-scented plants. 



16. Hemerocal'Ifs. Scape not from a bulb, but from a fleshy-fibrous 



root. Perianth large, orange-yellow, lily-like, the short tube en- 

 closing the ovary, the spreading limb 6-parted. Stamens 6, on the 

 perianth. Leaves long, linear, keeled, In 2 ranks, at the base of 

 the scape. Flowers several, bracted. 



