Tamus. | LXXXV. LILIACED. 455 
Perianth spreading, divided to the base. Leavesalter- 
nate . CRRA A ie Sagi z Al yusy . 4, MAIANTHEMUM, 
Fruit a capsule. 
Rootstock not bulbous. 
Flowers of a brownish white, paniculate . ; . 15, SIMETHIS. 
Flowers yellow, in a raceme or spike. 
Style simple-. - : : ; 3 ; ; - 16, NARTHECIUM. 
Styles 3. Stigmas capitate 5 : ; i . 17. TOFIELDIA. 
Stigmas 3, sessile, feathery ; ; : ; . TRIGLOCHIN (p. 432). 
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 . : , ; 4 . 9. LLOYDIA. 
Perianth yellow. Flowers in a corymb-like ra- 
ceme . 3 2 : : : é : . 10. GAGEA, 
Perianth-segments converging into a bell-shape. 
Segments chequered, the inner ones with a cavity 
near the base. : : : ; . . 7, FRITILLABIA, 
Segments not chequered, without any cavities . 8. TuLIpa. 
a . Leaves all radical, sometimes sheathing the 
stem. 
Rootstock creeping. Fruit a berry “ ° : ; . 3. CONVALLARIA, 
Rootstock bulbous. Fruit a capsule. 
Flowers radical, with a very long tube commencing 
underground . A ; j . 18. CoLcHIcumM, 
Flowers in a terminal umbel or head ? 3 , ; . 14, ALLIUM. 
Flowers in a terminal raceme. 
Perianth of one piece, with 6 minute teeth . 5 . 13, Muscari. 
Perianth of 6 segments. 
Flowers blue or pink. (Filaments flattened or not) . 12. Scrnua. 
Flowers white or greenish. Filaments flattened » ll. ORNITHOGALUM. 
Flowers yellow. Filaments not flattened . : . 10. GAGEA. 
The above Genera belong to the following Suborders :— 
4 TRILLIDER. Fruitaberry. Leaves with parallel veins, Styles free. Genus: 
—l. Pais. 
2. CONVALLARIEH. Fruita berry. Leaves with parallel veins. Styles united. 
Testa of the seed membranous. Genera:—2. Potya@onatum; 3, CONVALLARIA; 
4, MAIANTHEMUM, 
3. ASPARAGER. Fruit a berry. Leaves with parallel veins. Styles united. 
Testa of the seed hard and black. Genera :—5, ASPARAGUS; 6. Ruscus. 
4. Linir#. Fruit a capsule. Styles united. Genera:—7. FRITILLARIA; 
8. Tunipa; 9. Luoypra; 10. Gaga; 11. ORNITHO GALUM ; 12. Scrzza; 13. Muscanri; 
14. Attium; 15. StmetHis; 16. NARTHECIUM. 
5. COLCHICEm. 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, Lilium, Calochortus, 
Hrythronium or Dog-tooth Violet, Hemerocallis, Tuberose (Polyanthes), 
Agapanthus, Funckia, etc., and some of their species, especially of Lzlium, 
occasionally appear almost wild in the neighbourhood of gardens. The 
Pineapple and some showy Pourretias and Tillandsias, occasionally seen in 
our hothouses, belong to the nearly allied family of Bromeliacee. 
I. PARIS. 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. Stamens as many. Ovary with 4 or rarely five cells, and as 
many distinct styles or stigmas. 
