GENERA OF CLASS VI. HEXANDRIA. 



vallari a. (lily of the valley, and Solomon's seaO...SANSEviERA... 

 Hyacinthus (hyacinth) ... Drimia... Millea... Asphodelus (as» 

 phodel) ...FjUcomis... Anthericum...Enargea...Phormium...La- 

 chenalia...Ornithogalum (star of Bethlehem) ...Eriospermum 

 ...Scilla (squill).,. Cyanella... Philesia...Lindera... Dracaena 

 (dragon-tree ) . . . Aspar ag us (sparrow-grass )... Polli a . . . G lorios a 

 (superb lily) ...Erythronium ( dog-tooth violet) . ..UvuLARIA...FRI- 

 TILLARI a (fritillary, croivn imperial) ... Lilium (lily) ...Tulip a 

 (tulip) ...Yucca (Adam's needle) ...Albuca. 5. Flowers incom- 

 plete, which contains six genera; Orontium....Acorus (sweet 

 Jlag) ... Calamus (rattan)... Juncus ( rush)... Thrw ax... Peplis 

 (water purslane). 6. Grasses, containing three genera ; Bambusa 

 (bamhu cawe)...GAHNiA...EHRHARTA. 



Order 2. Digynia, two pistilla, contains four genera ; Falkia 

 . . . Atraph axis . . .Ne etris . . . Oryza (rice ) . 



Order 3. Trigynia, three pistilla, contains ten genera, thus 

 subdivided: 1. Flowers inferior, containing nine genera ; Wurm- 

 be a . . .Colchicum ( meadow-saffron )... Melanthium . . . Medeol a 

 . . . Heloni as . . .Trillium . . .Triglochi n ( arrow-grass ) . . . Rumex . . . 

 Scheuchzeria. 2. Flowers superior, containing one genus ; Fla- 

 gellars. 



Order 4. Hexagynia, six pistilla, contains two genera; Da- 

 masonium...Wendlandia. 



Order 5. Polygynia, many pistilla, has but one genus ; Alisma, 



