Order VI. 
PENTANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 
5237, 
3993 Roots very yellow. Leaves compound 
3994 Leaves ternate, Leaflets smooth above hairy beneath, Flowers corymbose, Petals as long as calyx 
3993 Procumbent, Leaves ternate, Leaflets 3-toothed on each side rough with hairs. Flowers clustered 
3996 Leaflets linear multifid. Plant erect 
top. 
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B. Perianth with the orifice naked. 
* Stigma undivided. 
718. Lophiola. Flower woolly, 6-parted, bearded inside. Anthers erect. Filaments naked. Ovary nearly 
superior. 
719. Argolasia. Flower woolly, longer than the filaments : limb 6-parted, spreading. Pericarp 3-celled. 
720. Anigoxanthus. Flower tubular, incurved : with a 6-parted irregular limb. Stamens inserted into the 
mouth, ascending. 
* Stigma 3-lobed. Guzmannia has Perianth inferior. 
721. Musa. Spathe superior. Cor. of 2 petals : one of which is erect and S-toothed ; the other concave 
and honey-bearing. Berry oblong, 3-cornered, many-seeded. 
722. Urania. Cal. O. Cor. 3 petals. Nect. 2-leaved : one of the leaves bifid. Caps. 3-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds in two rows with an arillus. 
72,1. Bonapartea. Calyx 2-leaved. Petals 3 convolute. Stamens inserted in the receptacle. Anthers 
exserted. Style 3-cornered. Caps. 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, terminated by a bristle. 
724. Agave. Flower erect, tubular, or funnel-shaped. Filaments longer than flower, erect. Capsule trian- 
gular, many-seeded. 
725. Furcraa. Flower campanulate, o-parted. Stamens inserted in a gland, thickened downwards, com- 
pressed, subulate at end. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. 
726. Bromeli i. Cal. 3-fid. Petals 3. A honey-bearing scale at base of petal. Berry 3-celled. 
727. Guzmannia. Cal. 3-parted, not superior, with convolute segments. Petals 3, rolled together into a 
tube. Anthers united in a cylinder. Caps. 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, oblong, naked. 
728. Pitca/rnia. Cal. 3-leaved, half inferior. Petals 3. Stigmas 3, twisted together. Caps. 3, opening 
inward?. Seeds winged or terminated at each end in a long bristle. 
729. Tillandsia. Cal. 3-fid, persistent, convolute. Cor. 3-fid, campanulate. Caps. l-3.celled. Seeds 
comose. 
730. Pontederia. Flower monosepalous, 6-cleft, 2-lipped. Stamens inserted into the tube of flower at the 
p. Caps. 3-celled. 
(31. HiBmanthus. Involucre many-leaved, many-flowered. Flower 6-parted. Berry 3-celled. 
732. Galanthus. Sepals 3, concave. Cup formed of 3 small emarginate sepals. Stigma simple. 
733. Leucoium. Flower campanulate, 5-parted, with the ends of the sepals thickened. Stigma simple. 
734. Strumaria. Sepals 6, spreading. Style thickened below the middle, and cohering occasionally with the 
filaments. Stigma trifid. Capsule inferior, roundish, 3-celled. 
735. Crinum. Flower funnel-form, half six-cleft, with a filiform tube, and a spreading recurved limb. Sepals 
subulate, channelled. Seeds fleshy. 
736. Cyrtanthus. Flower incurved, tubular, clavate, 6-cleft : segments ovate, oblong. Filaments inserted 
into the tu^e, conniving at end. 
737. Brunsvigia. Flower 6-parted. Capsule turbinate, 3-winged, nearly transparent, many-seeded. 
738. Nerine. Sepals 6, spreading, wavy. Stamens declinate, unequal in direction or proportion. Capsule 
few-seeded. Seeds round like peas. 
739. Amaryllis. Flower nodding, irregular, funnel-shaped, ringent. Filaments declinate, unequal in pro- 
Dortion or direction. Seeds flat, numerous. 
740. Vallota. Flower vertical, regular. Stamens regularly spreading. Seeds numerous, flat. 
741. Grifflnia. Flower 6-parted, ringent. Stamens declinate, with the upper one erect, and away from the 
rest. Seeds few, round, fleshy. 
742. Sternbergia. Flower vertical, regular, funnel-shaped, with an erect limb. Stamens slightly declinate. 
Anthers versatile. Seeds round like peas. 
743. Zephyranthes. Flower vertical, nearly regular, funnel-shaped, with an erect limb. Stamens nearly 
regular. Anthers versatile. Seeds flat. 
744. Habranthus. Flower campanulate, nodding Stamens declinate, unequal, inserted into a fleshy rim of 
the base of the tube. Stigma 3-lobed. 
745. Doryanthes. Flower 6-parted. Filaments shorter than flower. Anthers erect. 
746. Gethyllis. Flower 6-parted, with a filiform very long tube. Spathe obliquely truncated. Berrv clavate. 
ridical, 1-celled. ' 
747. Polyanthes. Flower funnel-shaped, incurved. Filaments inserted into the throat. Ovary at the 
bottom of tube. 
748. Alstrcemeria. Sepals 6, campanulate or 2-lipped, the two lower half-tubular at the base. Stamens 
declinate or erect. Stigmas 3, linear. Caps, roundish-oval, 3.6-angular, 3-valved, or pulpy within, and not 
opening. <= » > i- t-j > 
749. Cojianthera. Sepals 6, reflexed. Anthers united in an acute cone. Caps, oblong, 3-celled, 3-valved, 
Seeds few, roundish. ^ ^' ' 
nlS'd ^P^^^^ 2-valved. Flower 6-parted, superior. Caps, long, narrow at the base. Seeds roundish, 
751. Curculigo. Sepals 6, flat. Spathe of one valve. Style very short. Stigmas 3, diverging. Caps. 1-celled, 
i-seeded, spongy, beaked. o > & & f » 
2. Monocotyledons. Perianth inferior. 
A. Perianth glumaceous, irregular. 
752. Bamfmsa. Scales 3, covering the 5-flowered spikelets. Glume 2-valved. Style bifid. Seed 1 
4kj Sepals 6. Berry dry, 1-seeded, imbricated backwards. 
r2^' Glume 2.valved, abbreviated, 1-flowered. Paleas 4, in pairs, the outer compressed acinaci- 
form, transversely wrinked. » r » f 
