20. LILIACBAB. 55 



5. maritimus Lam. Coast. 



6. oxycarpus E.M. Coastbelt. 



7. punctorius Li. 



8. rostratus Buchetl. 



9. dregeanus Kth. Drakensberg, 6,500 feet. 



2. LUZULA DC. 



africana Drege. Mont-aux-Sources. 9,500 ft. 



3. PRIONIUM E. M. 



palmita E.M. Marshes south of Durban. Nowhere very 

 abundant. 



FAMILY 20— LILIACEAE. 



Herbs often bulbous, shrubs or trees. Inflorescence umbel- 

 late, spicate racemose or panicled. Perianth usually corolla like. 

 Stamens 6. Ovary superior 3-celled. Seeds usually many. En- 

 dosperm fleshy or horny. 33 genera 223 species. 



1. Fruit a berry. Climbing or woody stemed plants. 2. 

 Fruit a capsule or achene. Herbaceous or fleshy leaved 



plants. 5. 



2. Flowers dioecious. Leaves net veined. Climber. 



1 SMILAX. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. 3. 



3. Perianth segments distinct. Leaves smgll. 



2. ASPARAGUS. 

 Perianth segments united at base. Leaves well developed. 4. 



4. Veins of leaf lax, conspicuous. Flowers cymose. 3 BEHNIA. 

 Veins of leaf close, inconspicuous. Flowers racemose. 



4 DRACAENA. 



5. Underground part neither a bulb nor a corm. 6. 

 Underground part a bulb or corm. 20. 



6. Flowers solitary, axillary. Stem leafy to apex. 7. 

 Flowers not solitary, or if solitary then terminal. 9. 



7. Perianth segments united almost to top. 



31 SANDERSONIA. 

 Perianth segments free or almost so. Stems climbing. 8. 



8. Perianth spreading or reflexed. Style bent downwards. 



30 GLORIOSA. 

 Perianth segments conniving. Style not bent down. 



32 LITTONIA. 



9. Flowers in umbels enclosed by 2 bracts. 10. 

 Flowers not in umbels enclosed by 2 bracts. 11. 



10. Perianth tube long with a corona. 17 TULBAGHIA. 

 Perianth tube short without a corona. 16 AGAPANTHUS. 



11. Perianth segments free or almost so. Herbs. I2. 



Perianth segments united in a long or short tube. 16. 



\2. Anthers basifixed erect. Anther bases sometimes lobed. 13< 



