176 LINN.EAN CLASS VI. 



CLASS VI.— HEXANDRIA. 

 Order L— MONOGYNIA. 



a. Flowers having both Calyx and Corolla. 



Tradescantia. Sepals 3, inferior. Petals 8. Filaments with jointed 

 beard. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. (Spider-wort) Commelyna- 

 cece, 136. 



Leontice. Caulophyllnm. Sepals 6, inferior. Petals 6, bearing a reni- 

 form fleshy scale. Carpels stipitate, 2 — 4-seeded. Berberidacece, 6. 



Berberis. Sepals 6, bract eolate, inferior. Petals 6, with 2 glands at 

 the base of each. Stamens irritable. Fruit a berry, 1 — 9-seeded. (Bar- 

 berry.) Berberidacem, 6. 



Prinos. Calyx 4 — 8-cleft. Corolla 4 — 8-parted, rotate. Stamens 

 4 — 8, often dioecious. Fruit baccate, 4 — 8-seeded. Aguifoliacece, 75. 



Gynandropsis. Sepals 4, distinct, spreading. Petals 4. 1 stamen, 

 usually abortive. Receptacle elongated, forming a long stipe. Pod 

 linear, oblong. Capparidaceai, 14. 



Cleomella. Sepals 4, minute, spreading. Petals 4, sub-spatulate. 

 Pod oboyate, 4 — 6-seeded. Flowers in terminal racemes. Cappari- 

 dacece, 14. 



Tillandsia. Calyx 3-parted, persistent. Petals 3. Fruit capsular, 

 3-celled. Seeds comose. (Hanging Moss.) Bromeliacece, 129. 



Diphyllia. Sepals 3, deciduous. Petals 6, opposite the calyx. 

 Ovary ovate. Fruit baccate, 1 -celled, 2 — 3-seeded. Berberidacece, 6. 



b. Flowers having a spathe or glume. 



Amaryllis. Perianth 6-parted, petaloid, filaments unequal, inserted 

 Into the throat of the tube. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. 

 (Atamasco Lily.) Arnaryllidacece, 127. 



Allium. Nothoscordum. Perianth 6-parted, spreading, many flowers 

 in the spathe, umbellate. Capsule 8-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 (Onion.) JAliaceai, 130. 



Hypoxis. Flowers in a 2-valved spathe. Perianth 6-parted. Cap- 

 sule elongated, 3-celled, many-seeded. Flowers yellow. (Star-grass.) 

 Hypoxidacece, 128. 



Pontederia. Perianth 6-parted, bilabiate; the under side perforated. 

 Capsule 3-celled, fleshy, many-seeded. Flowers blue. Pontederiacece, 

 132. 



Narcissus. Corolla campanulate, 6-parted. Corona campanulate, 

 shorter usually than the corolla. (Jonquil.) Amaryllidaceo3, 127. 



Pancratium. Tube of the perianth long, with the border 6-parted, 

 bearing a 12-cleft paracorolla, which bears the stamens. Arnaryllida- 

 cece, 127. 



Conostylis. Perianth 6-parted, persistent, with branching hairs. 

 Style conic, 8-parted. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. Hcemodoracece, 

 126. 



c. Flowers not having a spathe. 



Aletris. Perianth tubular, ovate, 6-cleft, rugose. Style triquetroua 

 Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. H&modoracece, 126. 



