30 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



SUBFAMILY I.— LILIACEJE PROPER. 

 Not tendril-climbers, rarely dioeciotis. 



A. 



Styles or sessile stigmas 3, more or less separate. 



Leaves 3-ranked, strongly nerved and plaited. Flowers some- 

 what monoecious, small. Veratrum, I. 

 Leaves flat, lanceolate, or spatulate. Flowers dioecious, showy. 



Chamaelirium, II. 

 Leaves grass-like. Flowers perfect, showy. Amianthium, III. 



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. Oatesia, V. 



Leaves scale-like. Thread-like branches borne in their axils. 



Flowers small, bell-shaped. Asparagus, XVII. 



Leaves several-many, sessile or clasping, alternate. Flowers 



small, 6-parted, white, in a terminal simple or compound 



raceme. Smilacina, XVIII. 



Leaves only 2-3, sessile or slightly petioled. Flowers very 



small, 4r-parted, solitary or in a small terminal cluster. 



Maianthemum, XIX. 



Leaves clasping. Flowers solitary or in pairs, greenish-white or 



rose-purple, borne on pedicels abruptly bent near the middle. 



Streptopus, XX. 

 Leaves nearly sessile or partly clasping. Flowers axillary, 

 greenish, on pedicels jointed near the flower. 



Polygonatum, XXI. 



