LILIACE^. (lily family.) 521 



Tribe II. MEILiANTHIK^. Styles or sessile stigmas 3, separate down to the ovary. 

 Fruit a several - many-seeded pod. Seeds with a soft or loose coat. Anthers extrorse, 

 except in No. 11. Perianth withering-persistent. Leaves parallel-veined and alternate. 

 Flowers often polygamous, sometimes dioecious. 



« Anthers heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, confluently 1-celIed, shield-shaped after opening : 



pod 3'horned, and septicidal : seeds flat, membranaceous- margined. 



-)- Sepals with one or two glands or spots on the upper face near the base. 



3. Jllelauthluin* Flowers polygamous. Sepals entirely free from the ovary, their long 



claws bearing the stamensi 



4. Zygadeuus. Flowers perfect or polygamous. Sepals nearly free from the base of 



the ovary : stamens free. 



■f- t- Sepals destitute of glands, and not raised on claws. 



5. Stenanthluin. Perianth below coherent with the base of the ovary ; the sepals lanceo- 



late, pointed, longer than the stamens. Kacemes compound- panicled, 



6. Veratrum* Perianth entirely free ; the obovate or oblong sepals longer than the 



stamens. Flowers panicled, polygamous. 

 7* Amiaikthiuui* Perianth entirely free, the oval or obovate sepals shorter than the 

 stamens. Flowers racemed, perfect. 



* * Anthers 2-celled, extrorse : pod loculicidal. Flowers racemed or spiked. 



8. Xerophyllum. Flowers perfeut. Cells of the globose-S-lobed pod 2-seeded. Leaves 



very slender. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



9. Heloniaa. Flowers perfect. Cells of the globose-3-lobed pod many-seeded. Leaves 



lanceolate. Scape naked. Seeds numerous. 

 10* Cliaiucelirium* Flowers dioecious. Pod oblong, many-seeded. Stem leafy. 

 * * * Anthers 2-celIed, innate or intror^e : pod septicidal, many-seeded. 



11. Tofieldia. Flowers perfect, spiked or racemed. Leaves equitant. 



Tribe III. UVULARIE^. Style 3-parted ; i. e. styles 3 united into one only at the 

 base. Fruit a few-seeded pod. Seed-coat soft or loose. Anthers more or less extrorse. 

 Perianth 6-leaved, deciduous. Stems from a rootstock or fibrous roots, leafy. Leaves 

 alternate, broad, parallel-veined. 



12. Uvularla. Pod 8-angular or 3-lobed. Anthers linear, adnat«, on short filaments. 



Tribe IV, ASPARAGINE.^. Style 1, undivided (Le. the 3 or rarely 2 styles united 

 to the summit into one). Fruit a few-seeded berry. Seeds with a close coat and horny 

 albumen. Stems from a rootstock. Leaves parallel-veined, chiefly alternate. Pedicels 

 often articulated with the flower or in the middle. 



* Plants with true leaves. Coat of the hard seed thin and membranous. 

 1- Anthers extrorsely attached to the filament. Stamens hypogynous. Sepals distinct. 



13. Frosartes. Anthers linear-oblong, pointless. Flowers terminating the forked branches, 



on straight jointleas pedicels. 



14. Streptopufl. Anthers arrow-shaped, pointed. Flowers lateral along the forked branches : 



pedicels bent about the middle. 

 IB. Clintonia. Anthers oblong, pointless. Flowers terminating a naked scape. 



H- 4- Anthers introrse. Filaments attached to the perianth. Stem simple. 



16. Coiivallaria. Perianth bell-shaped, 6-lobed, bearing the stamens. Leaves all at the 



base of the naked scape, which bears the flowers in a simple raceme. 



17. Sinilaclna. Perianth 4-6-parted, spreading, the stamens home at the base. Stem 



leafy. Flowers in a simple or compound terminal raceme. 



18. Polygonatum. Perianth tubular, 6-cleft, bearing the stamens above the middle. 



Stem leafy to the top. Flowers axillary. 

 * # Plants with branching stems, their true leaves reduced to scales : leaf-like branchleta 

 serving for foliage. Seed -coat hard and black. 



19. Asparagus. Perianth 6-parted. The apparent leaves very narrow or thread-like. 



