LILY FAMILY 31 
SUBFAMILY I. LILIACEZ PROPER 
Not tendril climbers, rarely dicecious. 
A 
Styles or sessile stigmas 3, more or less separate. 
Leaves flat, lanceolate, or spatulate. Flowers dicecious, showy. 
Chamelirium, I 
Leaves grass-like. Flowers bisexual, showy. Amianthium, II 
Leaves 3-ranked, strongly nerved and plaited. Flowers some- 
what monecious, small. 7 ~* Veratrum, III 
B 
Style undivided (in No. XXIII, 3 sessile stigmas). Plants from root- 
stocks. 
Leaves perfoliate. Flowers solitary, drooping, yellow. 
Uvularia, IV 
Leaves broad, clasping. Flowers solitary or nearly so, drooping, 
yellow. Oakesia, V 
Leaves scale-like. Thread-like branches borne in their axils. 
Flowers small, bell-shaped. Asparagus, XVIII 
Leaves several_many, sessile or clasping, alternate. Flowers 
smal], 6-parted, white, in a terminal simple or compound 
raceme. Smilacina, XTX 
Leaves only 2-3, sessile or slightly petioled. Flowers very small, 
4-parted, solitary or in a small terminal cluster. 
Maianthemum, XX 
Leaves clasping. Flowers solitary or in pairs, greenish-white or 
rose-purple, borne on pedicels abruptly bent near the middle. 
Streptopus, X XI 
Leaves nearly sessile or partly clasping. Flowers axillary, 
greenish, on pedicels jointed near the flower. 
Polygonatum, XXII 
Leaves only 2, directly from the rootstock. Flowers in a raceme, 
bell-shaped, white, sweet-scented. Convallaria, XXTIT 
Leaves 8, netted-veined. Flower single, large, terminal. 
Trillium, XXIV 
