564 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



few-lowered; floicers small, greenish, on jointed nodding 

 pedicels, which are thickened upward. 



143. LILY FAMILY. Order, Liliace^. 



Chiefly Jierbs, with sessile or sheathing parallel-nerved 

 leaves, and i^ertect Jloivers ; 2^erianth corolla-like, 6- (rarely 

 4) -leaved or lobed, free from the 2-3-celled ovary ; stamens 

 6 (rarely 4), hypogynous or perigynons; anthers introrse; 

 styles united; stigmas 3, distinct or wwiied; fruit a cap- 

 sule or berry, few-many-seeded; seeds anatropous or am- 

 phitropous; embryo small, in fleshy or hard albumen. 



SYNOPSIS. 



Tribe I. Asparagese. i^rwiYa berry. Divisions of 

 the perianth more or less united. Leaves broad. 



Flowers in terminal raceme. Perianth spreading. Stems leafy Shilacika. 



Tribe II. Asphodeleae. J'nnV a capsule. Divisions 

 of the perianth united at the base. Stems scape-like. 

 Leaves linear, rarely lanceolate. 



* Boot a coated bulb. 



Flowers nmbelled.from a scariovs spathe. Seeds smooth and Mack AixiUM. 



in racemes, blue or purple. Seeds roundish black Sci 



** Palm like arborescent plants ; seeds black. 

 Stigma 3, nearly sessile. Capsule di^ or pulpy. Leaves spiny -pointed Yucca^ 



SMILACINA, Desf. Solomon's Seal. 



Perianth 4 or 6 parted, spreading, deciduous ; stamens 

 4 or 6, inserted on the base of the perianth ; anthers ovate ; 

 ovary 2-3-celled, w^ith two ovules in each cell ; style short 

 and thick ; stigma obscurely 3-lobed ; herry globular, 

 1-2-seeded. Stems simple, erect, leafy ; fioiuers small, 

 white, in a terminal raceme or panicle. 



