XXXIV CLASS VI. 



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* Perianth single, glumaceoits. Grass-like herhs. 



JlNCUS.— Perianth Cleared'. Stamens 6. sometime* 3. Stiirmrvs 3. Capsule 



3-celledj niany-seeded.— Stems pithy. I lowers greenish or brownish. 389 



LUZULA —Perianth G-leaved. Sticrmas 3. Capsule lcelled, 3-seeded.— Leaves 



linear, equitant. Flowers In a simple raceme. 3S9 



Order II. Digynia. — 2 Styles or sessife stigmas. 



Polygonum.— Sepals 5. Fruit lenticular.— Stems jointed. Flowers small. M 



Order III. Trigynia. — 3 S'ylei or sessile stigmas. 



* Perianth 5 or G-jmr ted, petal-like. Leaves netted-vcined. 



Polygonum.— Sepals 5. Achenium triangular.— Stems juihkd. Flowers small. 303 



KiMtx. — Perianth 6-leaved. the 3 inner somewhat colored. Achenium trian- 

 gular. — Coarse herbs, with greenish flowers. 306 



Smilax.— Perianth deciduous.— Shrubs or rarely herbs, often pric\hj. 372 



* * Perianth ^-parted.— Leaves parallel-veined. 



f MELAXTIIIE JE. — Herbs with acrid poisonous properties. Stems simple or 

 rarely parceled Perianth mostly persistent or withering away, the di- 

 visions mostly distinct. 3S6 



* Flowers polygamous. Anthers heart shap d or kidney-shaped. 



4. Mklanttttum.— Perianth segveafe somewhat hea.r,t-shaped. with 2 elan Is 



at the base,, and the stamens on the long chiv*.— Flowers cream-color, 

 racemose. 3v*3 



5. YERATRtM.— Perianth free from thoovarv. the divisions obovate or obloig, 



longer than the stamens. — Leaves plaited. Z-ranlcd. Flowers receme- 

 panichd. 337 



* * Floxvers perfect, racem< d ! or spiked. 



6. Amiantiiemum. — Perianth free from the ovary, the divisions separate and 



contracted at the base. Anthers haart-.-haped. Styles filiform. — Flow- 

 ers handsome. 33" 



7. IIei.onia>\— Perianth of 6 spatulnte-oblong sepals. Anthers roundish-oval. 



1 lue. Styles rt volute. — Leaves loncwledc,. Flwers pale purple, in c, 

 Short dtnse raceme, vn a nal.&l scupc. 3S3 



f f TPilbLIACE.T.— Ihrls. with simple stems, whorled net-veined leaves and 



ratLer large teiminal mostly solitary trimerous flowers. £73 



1. Triluum. — Sepals .\ lanceolate, spn ading. Petals 3. larger. Berry 3 sided, 



£-ceDt d. — Low In rbs. with a simple stem bearing at the top a whorl of 3 

 Ir.oadlg ovate leaves, and a terminal large Jloiocr. ?73 



2. MirnoLA — Perianth rt volute, of 3 sepals and 3 petals.— Stem simple, uith 



o whorl of 5 to 10 leaves near the middle and another of 3 smaller ones 

 near the top. 374 



f ft JVNCAGlNE.fr'— Mimh-hrrls. with petiole-ljke leaves, without a blade, 



and the gret hi; h perianth consisting oi 3 petals and 3 sepals. 352 



J. Tbici.cchin.t- Sepals ard petals nearly alike. ovate, concave. Anthersoval, 



en short filaments. — Flatters small, greenish, in a spiked raceme. 352 



% S cheuchzekja. — Sepals and petals oblong, spreading. Anthers linear. — 

 L eaves grass-lil e, sheathing the simple stem. Flowers few, in « louse ra- 

 CtWc h with, sheath mg bracts,. 354. 



