CLASS XXX111 



* * * Fruit a many-seeded 3-cclled loculicidal capsule. — BvJbotm 



13. Lilrm.— Pcrianlhfunnel-foriuor Cell-shaped, colored. — Stem leafy. Flow- 



ers large and showy. » 381 



14. Erythkonivm.— Capsule (.1 ovate-triangular.— Leaves 2, smooth, sheattiivg 



the base of the 1-Jlmcercd scape. 382 



15. Erittillakia.— Perianth bell-shaped, -with a broad tape and nectariferous 



cavity above the claw cf each segment.- i^otoers sttowy, but ill-iccnUd. 



16. Tuitpa.— Perianth bell-shaped. Stigma thick. — Leaves radical. Flowers 



showy, solitary, on a scape. -JS3 



f f Xot bidlovs. 



17. Yucca. — Perianth globular or bell-shaped. Style none. Seeds fiat. — Ever- 



?, herbs, v.-Hh thread-margined haves- and numerous white flowtri, in 

 a terminal panicle. 3 C 1 



ft AMAllVLLTDACEJE. — Chiefly bulbous a rd scape-bearing herbs, with linear 

 fiat radical leaves, and regular 6-and rous flowers, mostly issuing from 

 a spathe. 



1. A.varyi.i is.— Perianth G-parted. pct'aloid. Stamens inserted in the threat 



of the perianth. — Flowers solitary, issuing from a 1 or 2-leaved sj atlu . 



2. Ac wr.. — Perianth tubular-funr el- e:m. ■-] ■-.. .ted. — Leaves mostly thick and 



fleshy, whvrled around Uie base of the i _ o6£ 



3. flTWXis.-VSpath 2-leaved. — Leaves grassy, linear. Flowers yclleiv on slen- 



ders 366 



* Cultivated exotics. 



i. Galawiecs.— Sepals 0. concave. Crcwn of 3 Final] cm alginate petal-like 



ECgnrents :— J Uuer uhite, appearing in early spring. 3(0 



5. NAECIfEUS. — Perianth with 6 regular spreading segments. Crown mon- 



ophyllu'Sj belWcrnn salver-fom or with the tube funnel-form. Stitm a 



3 parted.— Flowers'i/el'iow, sp'uw-eolcr- or white, issuing from a written 



$2 366 



6. Lircvjor— Perianth regular. frparted, with equal spreading segments.— 



Flowers numerous, white, issuing from a terminal spathe. 3< I 



UVCIAHIA. — Perianth inferior, deeply 6-parte-d, erect; segments with a n ceter- 

 is rous cavity at base. Filaments very short, growing to the linear an- 

 thers. Capsule, 3-angled or 3 lohed. — Flowers pah yellow, mostly solita ry. 384 



Prosaftes.— Perianth C-leaved.l ell-shaped-spreading. Stigmas short, recurved . 

 Berry ovoid, pointed. 3 to 6-sctdud. vud.—F lowers greenish-yellow, ter mi - 

 nal : di o< j 3? 5 



: '--.—Perianth G-leavrd. bell-shaped at the base, the 3 inner sepals 

 kfeel< d. Anthers arrow-shaped, 1 or 2 T pointed, longer, than the filam ent. 

 Flowers small, axitidry, on thread -ItJ.eped u:\cles. 88fe 



Aletris. — Perianth cylindrical, tubular-b'ell-shaped,- rouizh-wrinkled on the 

 outside, 6-cleft at the summit. Style awl-shaped, 3-cleft at the apex . 

 — Leaves spreading clustered. Flowers whitish, in a slender spiktd ra- 

 ceme. 3("~, 



Oroniicm.— Spadix cylindrical, covered with flowers. Perianth of 4 to 6-tr un- 

 eate, concave sepals. Utricle 1 seeded. — Aquatic herbs, with a yell oxo 

 spadix. ■ 347 



P.ontederia.— Perianth inferior, 6-cleft, 2-lipped, the fleshy persistent base inclo- 

 sing the 1-seeded fruit. Anthers oval, blue.— Aquatic, herbs, with violet- 

 blue flowers- 391 



Acorus.— Spathe leaf-like. Spadix cylindrie, covered with flowers. Sepals 6, 



distinct, concave. Utricle 1 to few-seeded. — Pungent aromatic herb s, . 34}. 



