338 I.ILY FAMIXT. 



§ 1. Stemless: the large fioioer with a long tvbe risinff directly from a Hiln^oated 

 solid bulb or corm': anthers 2-celled. 



3. COLCHICUM. Perianth resembling that of a Crocus. Stamens borne on the 

 thi-oat of the long-tubular perianth. Styles very long. 



§ 2. Perianth without any lube, of 6 distinct or almost separate divisions. 



» Anthers Z-celled, short ; flowers in a simple raceme or spike : pod loculiddal. 



i. CHAM^LIRIUM. Flowers dioecious or mostly so. Perianth of 6 small and 



narrow white pieces. Pod ovoid-oblong, many-geeded. , Spike or raceme 



slender. 

 6. HELONIAS. Flowers perfect, jn a short dense racemej lilac-purple, turning 



green in ft-uit; the divisions spatulate-oblong, spreading. Filaments slender: 



anthers blue. Pod 3-lobed ; cells many-seeded. 

 6. X^EKPJPHYfjLUM. Flowers perfect, in a compact raceme, white ; the divisions 



oval, sessile, widely spijeadihg, naked. . Filaments awl-shaped. Pod globular, 



S-lobed, with 2 wingless seeds in each cell. 



» * Anthers hidney-shaped or roimd heart-shaped, the two cells confluent into one, 

 shield-shaped after opening : styles awl-shaped : pod Z-horned, septicidal : seeds 

 commonly flat or thin-margined, 



^. AMLANTHIUM. Flowers perfect, nibslly'in a simple raceme. Perianth white, 

 the oval or obovate spreading divisions without claws or spots. Filaments 

 long and slender. ■ Seeds wingless, 1 -i in each cell. Leaves chiefly from the 

 bulbous base of the scape-like stem, linear, keeled, gi-ass-like. 



8. STENANTHIUM. Flowers polyganious, in panicled racemes on a leafy stem. 



Perianth white, with spreading and not spotted lanceolate divisions tapering 

 to a narrow point from a broader base, which coheres with the base of the 

 ovary. Stamens very short. Seeds several, wingless. Loaves- linear, keeled, 

 grass-likd. ' ' 



9, VEEATIJUM. .Flowers polygamous, in panicled racemes. Perianth greenish 



' or' brownish, its obovate-oblone divisions naiTowed at base, free from the 

 ovary, not spotted. Filaments short. Seeds rather numerous, wing-margined, 

 r Leaves broad, many-nerved; Base of the leafy stem more or less bulb-like, 

 producing many long white roots. 



10. MbLANTHIUM. Flowers polygamous, in racemes forming an open pyramidal 



panicle. Perianth cream-colored; turning green or brownish with age, per- 

 fectly free from the ovary, its heart-shaped or oblong and partly halberd- 

 shaped widely spreading divisions raised on a claw and ma1:ked with a pair 

 of darker spots or glands. Filaments short, adhering to the claws of the 

 perianth, persistent. Seeds several in each cell, broadly winged. Leaves 

 lanceolate oi* linear, mostly grass-like.' Stem roughish-downy above, its 

 base more or less bulbous. 



11. ZYGADENUS. Flowers pefect or polygamous, in a terminal panicle. Peri- 



anth greenish white, its oblong or ovate widely spreading divisions spotted 

 with a pair of roundish glands or colored spots near tlie sessile or almost 

 sessile base. Stamens free from and about the length of the perianth. Leaves 

 linear, grass-like ; stem and .whole plant smooth. 



III. BELLWOET FAMILY; with alternate and broad not 

 grass-like parallel-veined leaves: stem from a rootstock or from 

 fibrous roots, branching and leafy : style one at the base, but 3-cleft 

 or 3-parted. Fruit a pod, few-seeded. Anthers turned rather 

 outwards than inwards. Perianth of 6 almost similar and wholly 

 separate pieces, deciduous. Not acrid nor poisonous. Plants inter- 

 mediate between the preceding groups and the next. 



12. UVULAEIA. Flowers solitary or sometimes in pairs at the end or in the forks 



of the forking stem, drooping, yellowish; the perianth rather bell-Shaped 

 and lily-like, its divisions spatuliite-lanceolate, with a honey-bearing groove 

 or pit at the erect narrowed base. Stamens short, one at tlie base of each 

 division : anthers linear, much longer than the filaments. Pod triangulai- or 

 3-lobed, loculicidal from the top. Seeds thick and roundish. 



