LILY FAMILY 31 
SUBFAMILY I. LILIACE.E PROPER 
Not tendril climbers, rarely divcious. 
A 
Styles or sessile stigmas 3, more or less separate. 
Leaves flat, lanceolate, or spatulate. Flowers dicecious, showy. 
Chainelirium, I 
Leaves grass-like. Flowers bisexual], showy. Amianthium, II 
Leaves 3-ranked, strongly nerved and plaited. Flowers some- 
what moncecious, small. 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 
small, 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, NXI 
Leaves nearly sessile or partly clasping. Flowers axillary, 
greenish, on pedicels jointed near the flower. 
Polygonatum, NXIT 
Leaves only 2, directly from the rootstock. Flowers in a raceme, 
bell-shaped, white, sweet-scented. Convallaria. XXIII 
Leaves 3, netted-veined. Flower single, large, terminal. 
Trillium, XXIV 
