MOIfOCOTYLEDOITES. Ixi 



88. Liliacece. Perianth petal-like. Stam. 6; anth. 

 bm-sting inwards. Fr. a dry capsule. — Bulbous or witb 



root of fleshy fibres in Simeihis 352 



89. Melanthacees. Perianth subherbaceous or petal-like. 

 Stam. 6 ; anth. versatile from below their middle. Fr. of 

 :' follicles slightly connected or a 3-celled capsule. — 

 Tuberous, or with a creeping rhizome 3.59 



90. Juncacem. Perianth of glumelike scarious seg- 

 ments. Stam. usually 6 ; anth. innate. Fr. capsular, 

 S-valved, loculicidal. — Rushes 360 



91. Eriocaulacece. Perianth membranous, of 4 — 6 parts. 

 Stam. 4—6 ; anth. attached by back. Fr. capsular, mem- 

 branou.s, 3 — 3-celled, loculicidal. — Aquatic plants. L. 

 tufted. Fl. in heads on naked stalks 366 



• ••» Perianth wanting in our plants, or of i small 

 scalelike parts. 



92. Typhacecs. Monoecious. Fl. closely packed in cy- 

 lindrical spikes, or in dense globose clusters, the males 

 uppermost. Fr. dry or spongy. — Tall reedlike water- 

 plants 367 



93. AracecR. Monoecious with the male fl. uppermost, 

 or perfect, on a spadix and usually in a spath. Fr. suc- 

 culent. — Spath usually conspicuous. L. often net-veined. 368 



94. LemnacecB. Monoecious. Fl. 2 in a spath (very 

 rare). — Small, floating, green, leaflike, proliferous 369 



95. Potamogetonaeece. Fl. perfect or monoecious, in 

 small spikes or clusters. No spath. Ovaries 4 ; stig. 1, 

 sessile, subcapitate. — Aquatic plants 370 



96. Naiadacea. Mon- or di-oecious. Fl. solitary in a 

 spath. Ovary 1. Style 1; stigm. filiform. — Aquatic 

 plants with linear leaves 377 



Division 3. GLUMIFEB,^. 



97. Cyperacea. Anth. entire at the end, innate. Leaf- 

 sheaths entire. — Sedges 378 



98. Gramineai. Anth. notched at both ends, versatile. 

 Leaf-sheaths split. — Grasses 403 



