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806. Eremurus. Sepals 6, after flowering, rolled together. Stamens naked, rolled together inside the flower, 
barren, much exserted. Style after fecundation reflexed. 
807. Bulbine. Sepals 6, spreading. Filaments smooth. Caps, ovate. Seeds angular. Leaves flat. Flowers 
generally white or purple. 
8()8. Asphodclus. Flower 6-parted, spreading. Six valves covering the ovary. 
809. Anthericum. Sepals 6, spreading. Filaments bearded. Caps, ovate. Seeds angular. Leaves succulent, 
fistular. Rowers yellow. 
810. Arthropodium. Sepals 6, spreading : the three inner wavy at the edge or fringed. Filaments bearded. 
Capsule nearly round. 
811. Chlorophytum. Flower 6-parted, spreading, equal, persistent. Stamens 6. Filaments filiform, smooth. 
Ovary with many-seeded cells. Style filiform. Stigma 1. Capsule deeply 3-lobed, with compressed veiny 
lobes ; three-celled, 3-valved. Seeds few, compressed. 
812. Ctesia. Flower 6-parted, spreading, equal, deciduous. Stamens 6. Filaments beardless, narrowe .' at 
each end. Anthers inserted by an emarginate base. Ovary 3-celled, with 2-seeded cells. Style filiform. 
Capsule lobed, or clavate at end. Seeds ventricose. 
813. Narthecivm. Sepals 6, spreading, persistent. Filaments filiform, hairy. Caps, prismatical. Seeds 
with an appendage at each end. 
814. Dianella. Sepals 6, spreading. Filaments thickened at end- Berry 3-celled, many-seeded. 
81,'). Eustrephus. Flower 6-parted, the 3 inner sepals fringed. Capsule berried, 3-celled, 3-valved, many- 
seeded, 
816. Asparagus. Flower 6-parted erect ; the 3 lower sepals reflexed at end. Berry S-celled, many-seeded. 
817. Drimia. Flower campanulate, 6-cleft, with revolute segments. Stamens inserted into the sepals. 
Stigma capitate. 
818. Urnpetalon. Flower six-cleft, with the alternate segments shortest. Capsule membranous. Seeds 
black, shining. 
819. Hyacinthiis. Flower erect, 6-cleft, with equal segments. Stamens inserted in the middle of the flower. 
Cells of capsule 2-seeded. 
820. Zuccagnia. Sepals cylindrical : the 3 outer longest, lanceolate, setaceous, reflexed. The other charac- 
ters of Hyacinthus. 
821. Muscari. Flowers ovate or cylindrical, very shortly divided. The other characters of Hyacinthus. 
822. Lachenalia. Sepals 6, obtuse, the 3 inner the longest. Stamens erect. Capsule 3-winged. Seeds 
globose. 
823. PhormiMtn. Sepals 6, the 3 inner the longest. Stamens ascending, exserted. Capsule oblong, 3-cor- 
nered. Seeds compressed. 
824. Cyanella. Sepals 6 : the 3 lower hanging down. Style and lowest stamen declinate. Capsule roundish, 
3-celled. 
3. Dicotyledons. 
825. Leontice. Cal. 6-leaved, deciduous. Petals 6. Six leaves inserted upon the claws of the corolla, spread- 
ing at end. 
826. Caulophyllum. Cal. 6-leaved. Petals 6, opposite the calyx. Cells of anther opening at edge. 
827. Diphylleia. Cal. 3-leaved, deciduous. Petals 6, opposite the calyx. Anthers opening with a membrane 
dividing from the base to the tip. Berry 1-celled. Seeds 2-3, roundish. 
SQZ. Prinos. Cal. 6-cleft. Cor. monopetalous, rotate. Berry 6-seeded. 
829. Berberis. Cal. 5-leaved. Petals 6, with glands upon their claws. Style O. Stigma umbilicate. Berry 
1 celled, 2-4-seeded. 
830. Nandinal Cal. many-leaved, imbricated. Petals 6. Berry juiceless, 2-seeded. 
831. Cossignia. Cal. 5-parted. Petals 4 or 5. Capsule 3-celled, opening at end with about 3-seeded cells. 
Flowers in panicled racemes. 
832. Hillia. Cal. double, the lower 6-leaved, the upper superior, 2 or 4-leaved. Cor. 6-cleft, with a very long 
cylindrical tude. Anthers sessile, in the throat of the corolla. Seeds comose. 
833. Richardia. Cal. 6-parted, persistent, superior. Cor. funnel-form, 6-cleft. Stigmas 3, capitate. Fruit 
3-partible. Seeds 5, truncate. 
834. Canarina. Cal. 6-leaved. Cor. 6-c eft, campanulate. Stigmas 6. Capsule inferior, 6-celled, many- 
seeded. 
835. Frankenia. CaL 5-cleft, funnel-shaped. Petals 5. Stigma 2-3-parted. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved. 
836. Peplis. Cal. campanulate, with a 12-cleft mouth. Petals 6 or O, inserted in the caljTC. Caps. 2-celled, 
many-seeded. 
Order 2. DIGYNIA. 6 Stamens. 2 Styles. 
837. Oryxa. Glumes 2, l-flowered. Pale« 2, nearly equal, adhering to the seed. 
858. Atraphaxis. Cal. 2-leaved. Petals 2, sinuated. Stigmas capitate. Seed 1. 
Order 3. TRIGYNIA. 
6 Stamens. 3 Styles. 
1. Mojiocotyledons. ' 
839. Flagellaria. Sepals 5. Berry 3-1-seeded. 
840. Scheuchzeria. Sepals 6. Anthers linear. Stigmas sessile, lateral. Capsules inflated, distinct, S-seeded. 
841. Triglochin. Sepals 6, the 3 outer in a different row from the inner. Style O. Capsule opening by the 
base. 
842. Lichtensfeinia. Sepals 6, withering, persistent, wavy, spreading. Stamens hypogynous, shorter than 
the sepals. Capsule many-seeded, half 3-valved. 
843. Myrsiphyllum. Flower 6-parted, revolute. Styles 3, contiguous, straight. Ovary stalked. Berry 
3-celled, with 2-seeded cells. 
844. Tofieldia. Bractea3 3. Sepals 6. Capsules 3, superior, united at the base, many-seeded. 
845. Melanthium. Polygamous. Flower rotate, 6-parted, with 2 glands at the base of each segment. Fila- 
ments from the elongated claws of flower. Capsule 3-fid, 3-celled. Seeds membranous. 
846. JV/erfeo/a. Flower 6-parted, revolute. Berry 3-seeded. 
847. Xerophyllum. Flower 6-parted. Stigmas 3, oblong, sessile. Caps. 3-celled, with 2-seeded cells. 
848. Wurmbea. Flower 6-parted, with an hexangular tube. Filaments inserted in the throat. Styles con- 
niving. Caps, oblong, 3-cornered. Seeds round. 
849. Androcymbium. Sepals 6, unguiculate, cucuUate. Stamens inserted in the middle of sepals. Ovaries 3. 
Styles filiform. 
850. Trillium. Cal. spreading, 3-leaved. Petals 3. Berry 3-celled. 
851. Colchicum. A spatha. Flower 6-parted, with a tube proceeding directly from the root. Anthers in- 
cumbent. Caps. 3, connected, inflated. 
852. Helonias. Sepals 6. Styles 3, distinct. Capsule 3.celled, 3-horned, few-seeded. 
853. Nolinea. Flower 6-parted, spreading. Style very short. Capsule 3-cornered, membranous, 3-celled, 
opening by bipartible dissepiments. Seeds solitary, convex on one side. 
8o4. Aponogeton. An amentum composed of scales. Neither calyx nor corolla. Capsules 4, 3.seeded. Sta- 
mens varying from 6 to 7 and 12. 
