XXXVIII. MELANTHACE^. 



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T<^eUia 

 TransTerse section of ovary. 



ToJkUia. 

 Stamen (mag.). 



Toflddia. 



Transverse section 



of the seed 



(mag.). 



Tricyt'tis. 

 Stigmas. 



and more or less sheathing. Elowees g , or very rarely imperfect by arrest {Vera- 

 trum, &c.), regular, radical, or axillary or terminal on the scape or stem, in a racemed 

 spike or panicle, naked or bracteate, exceptionally calyculate {Tofieldia). Perianth 

 inferior, very rarely semi-superior, petaloid, tubular, with 6 often persistent segments, 

 or with 6 2-seriate leaflets, all distinct, sessile or unguiculate, deciduous, the inner 



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