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MANUAL OF BOTANY 



absent. Fruit indehiscent or a loculicidal capsule. Seeds 

 numerous, albuminous. 



Division of the Order and Illustrative Genera : — This order 

 has been divided by Baker into three tribes as follows ; — 



Fig. 951. 



Fig. 952. 



Pig. 954. 



Fig. 953. 



Fig. 956. 



Fig. 955. 



J^ig. 951. Diagram of the flower of a species of Lily. s. Tlie three outer 

 divisions of tlic pci-ianth. ^. The three inner. /'. The stamens, c. Three- 

 celled ovary. l''i(/. 852. Raceme of flowers /, and portion of the succu- 

 lent leaf I, of a species of Aloe. Fuj. 953. Flower of the Crown Imperial 



{Fritillaria imperiatis) with half the perianth removed. Fig. 954. 



Vertical section of the flower of the Solomon's Seal {Poltigonatum muUi- 



fiorum). Fig. 955. Transverse section of the ovary of' the White Lily 



(Lilium candidum). Fig. 95G. Vertical section of the seed of the Crown 



Imperial. 



Tribe 1. Liliece. — Anthers iutrorse. Styles united. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule. Illustrative Genera: — Lilium, Linn.; 

 Tulipa, Linn. ; Scilla, Linn. 



Tribe 2. Colchicece. — Anthers extrorse. Styles separate. Fruit 



