456 THE LILY FAMILY. 
Perianth spr eadings divided to the base. Leaves alter- 
nate . ; g ; ; : : : . 4 MAIANTHEMUM. 
Fruit a capsule. 
Rootstock not bulbous. a 3 : 
Flowers of a brownish white, paniculate ; , . 15. SIMETHIS. \ 
Flowers yellow, in a raceme or spike. | 
Style simple . : ; : ; . 16. NARTHECIUM. 
Styles 3. Stigmas capitate . ‘ . : : . 17. TOFTELDIA. 
Stigmas 3, sessile, feathery . : : . : . TRIGLOCHIN (p. 430). 
Rootstock bulbous. 
Flowers in a terminal umbel or head . ; ; . 14, ALLIUM. 
Flowers solitary, or in a terminal raceme. 
Perianth-segments spreading. : 
Perianth white, with pink stripes. Flowers 
usually solitary . : 9. LLOYDIA. 
Perianth yellow. Flowers in a corymb- like ra- 
ceme . . 10. GAGEA. 
Perianth- segments converging into a ‘pell-shape. 
Segments chequered, the inner ones with a oe 
near the base. 7. FRITILLARIA. 
Segments not chequered, without any cavities . 8: BULIEA 
Stem leafless. Leaves all radical, sometimes sheathing the 
stem. 
Rootstock creeping. Fruit a berry . F : a: . . 9&8. CONVALLARIA. 
Rootstock bulbous. Fruit a capsule. 
Flowers radical, with a very long tube commencing under- 
ground. : i : 2 . 18. COLCHICUM. 
Flowers in a terminal umbel or head ‘ A ; : . 14. ALLIUM. 
Flowers in a terminal raceme. 
Perianth of 1 piece, with 6 minute teeth . ‘ : . 13. MUSCARI. 
Perianth of 6 segments. 
Flowers blue or pink. (Filaments flattened or not) . 12. SOILLA. 
Flowers white or greenish. Filaments flattened. . 11, ORNITHOGALUM. 
Flowers yellow. Filaments not flattened . ‘ . 10. GAGEA, 
The above Genera belong to the following Suborders :— 
1. TRILLIDES. Fruit a berry. Leaves with netted veins. Styles free. Genus: 
—1. PARIS. 
2. CONVALLARIEH. Fruit a berry. Leaves with parallel veins. Styles united. 
Testa of the seed membranous. Genera :—2. POLYGONATUM; 3. CONVALLARIA; 
4, MAIANTHEMUM. 
3. ASPARAGEH. Fruita berry. Leaves with netted veins. Styles united. Testa 
of the seed hard and black. Genera :—5. ASPARAGUS; 6. RUSCUS. 
4, LILIEH. Fruit a capsule. Styles united. Genera —7. FRITILLARIA: 8. 
TULIPA; 9. LLOYDIA; 10. GAGEA; 11. ORNITHOGALUM; 12. SCILLA; 13. MUSCARI; 
14. ALLIUM : 15. SIMETHIS ; 16. NARTHECIUM. 
5. COLCHICER. Fruit a capsule. Styles distinct. Genera :—17. TOFIELDIA; 18. 
COLCHICUM. 
Among the exotic Genera most familiar by long or general cultivation 
may be mentioned the Hyacinth, Asphodel, Yucca, Liliwm, Calochortus, 
Erythronium or Dog-tooth Violet, Hemerocallis, Tuberose (Polyanthes), 
Agapanthus, Funckia, &c., and some of their species, especially of 
Lilium, occasionally appear almost wild in the neighbourhood of. gar- 
dens. The Pineapple and some showy Pourretias and Tillandsias, occa- 
sionally seen in our hothouses, belong to the nearly allied family of 
Bromeliacec. 
I, PARIS. HERB-PARIS. 
Rootstock creeping. Stem simple, with a single whorl of netted- 
veined leaves, and a single terminal flower. Perianth of 8 or rarely 10 — 
narrow segments in two series. Stamens as many. Ovary with 4 or — 
rarely 5 cells, and as many distinct styles or stigmas. 
