318 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. 
inner cells, the walls of which correspond to the three deep ex- 
ternal grooves formed by three capillary leaves united together by 
their contiguous edges. Numerous ovules are inserted in two 
series at the central angle of the cells. The style, which is 
thickest at the summit, is crowned by a three-lobed stigma. The 
matured fruit forms a capsule which opens of itself—not by de- 
glutination, but by an opening in the dorsal suture of each cell; 
that is to say, the dechiscence is /oculicidal. The seed presents an 
embryo in a direct axis in fleshy albumen. 
The Lily is a deep-rooted perennial plant, with bulbous root. 
The bulb is scaly (Fig. 366); the stem of the large proportion of 
those which are natives of cold countries perish after ripening their 
leaves, flowers, and fruit. The leaves generally are lanceolate in their 
lower parts and linear above; the last ovate as well as lanceolate. 
| The flowers form a cluster, white, 
KEES> yellowish, or reddish, brown or 
} e Y spotted, according to their variety. 
The Liliaceous plants are gene- 
rally large and showy, especially 
in those with annual stems, as the 
Lily itself, the Fritillaria, the — 
Odorous Hyacinth, the Star of ae 
Bethlehem,the Hemerocallex, and 
the Tulip, which combines all that 
is rich and beautiful in colourand 
form. But there are Liliales of - 
arborescent size and stem, as the a 
Dragon-Tree (Dracena Draco), 
in which the flower contracts, 8° 
that the largest trees have the | 
bearing cup-shaped flowers Te 
Fig. 366.—Bulb of the Lily, markable for their colours,wit0™” 
spathes, and the anthers lightly attached to a stiff Soop e 
This division of the order includes the Lilies, Fritillarias, 108 
