tSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



144. The Rush Family. 





Erect herbs .. 

 Flowers green or brown 



n the 1-celled ovary, anatropous. Frui 

 oth ends...' J unman (p. 1083 



Order VI. LILIIFLOR/E. 



ihiuba nrifta 



a crown of sword-shaped leaves. Flowers regular or somewhat 

 sygomorphic, but nearly ah'- 



nor whorl of stamens is suppressed in the Iridacea: and 

 some Burmarniiace.fr). I'eria,: 

 lepais fre< ■ i •• nali " .< - rifei r < I sii} « i ■ 



_ rows of anatropous ovules axile in each cell. Albumen 

 always present and usually fleshy or cartilaginous. 



'. Pontederiacece. 

 'ISO. Taccacece; 151. 

 Bromeliacea (ovary sometimes superior): U,2. Dioscoreacea; 

 153. Burmanniacece; 154. Iridacea:. 

 H5. The Lily Family. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees with a seeo 

 flowers mostly Asexual, regular, rarely m 



ary free 3-ceHed 

 ,,,. ,„ ,,„„ t ,ll L- many, anatropous 

 truit ha,,ate ,„• eap.M.Iar. Seeds uith eopious albumen. Embryo 

 flight or mrw.l uith radiele usually near the liilum. 



Lihaceaz (p. 1U»*J. 



