Class Il. MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
Stems destitute of medullary rays, consisting of cellular 
tissue amongst which the vascular tissue is mixed in bun- 
dles, increasing by the addition of new matter within. 
Leaves mostly alternate and sheathing with parallel simple 
veins connected by smaller transverse ones, rarely net- 
veined. Cotyledon one, or if more they are alternate. 
Subdivision I. DICTYOGEN Ai. 
Leaves net-veined, deciduous. Floral envelopes whorled. 
Order LXXIX. TRILLIACE. 
Perianth inferior, 6- or 8-parted; in 2 whorls ; outer whorl or 
calyx herbaceous; inner or corolla coloured, or in our plant her- 
paceous. Stam. 6—10. Anth. linear ; filament subulate. Ovary 
superior, 3—5-celled. Ovules indefinite, in two rows in each cell. 
Styles as many as the cells, distinct; stigmas inconspicuous. 
Fr. succulent, not bursting. Seeds with a leathery skin. Embryo 
minute, in fleshy albumen. 
1. Paris. Perianth subherbaceous, 8-parted, 4 inner divi- 
sions narrower than the others. Stam.8—10. Anth. on the 
middle of the subulate filament.—G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 58. 
1. Paris Linn. 
1. P. quadrifolia (L.) ; 1. usually 4 in a whorl.—E. B. 7.—St. 
1 ft. high, from the extremity of a long rhizome, usually with 4, 
occasionally from 3—6, ovate 1. at its summit. F. solitary, ter- 
minal. Sep. lanceolate. Pet. subulate, Styles 4. Berry 4-celled; 
cells with 4—8 seeds. No root leaves.—Damp woods. P. V. 
Herb Paris. 
Order LXXX. DIOSCOREACEZ. 
Perianth superior, petaloid 6-parted. Stam. 6, mserted into 
the base of the segments of the perianth. Anth. bursting in- 
wards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, erect. 
