Order I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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4266 Leaves with a flat stalk, The three lower sepals wavy, Scape with a prominent line along each side 
4267 Leaves oval-lanceol. with a stalk two-edged crosswise. Umbel remarkably stalked. Sepals uniform 
4268 Leaves linear obliquely twisted shining 
41^9 Leaves lorate flat very glaucous laxly spiral 
4270 Leaves many-keeled. Flower sessile on a two-edged scape. Sepals oval-oblong obtuse 
4271 About 2-flowered, Leaf linear. Tube very short. Sepals rounded at end 
4272 Leaves few linear, Spathe 1-leaved sheathing erect bifid twice as short as stalk 
4273 Leaves many ligulate, Spathe bifid longer than stalk, Sepals acuminate 
4274 Leaves lying flat on the ground shorter than the one-flowered scape, Spathe bifid fleshy at end 
4275 Leaves linear 
4276 Leaves cylindrical 
4277 The only species 
4278 Leaves linear spiral smooth. Sepals ovate oblong 
4279 Leaves linear spiral ciliated. Sepals ovate oblong 
4280 Leaves linear filiform spiral villous. Sepals ovate oblong 
4281 Leaves lanceolate flat. Sepals lanceolate 
4282 Leaves linear lanceolate. Sepals oblong 
4283 I^ves linear. Scape racemose. Sepals linear 
4284 Stem erect. Cor. spreading, Three outer sepals wedge-shaped 3-toothed, Leaves lin. lane, sessile 
4285 Stem erect, Leaves spatulate oblong, Pedunc. longer than involucr. Cor. 2-labiate 
4286 Stem twining. Cor. cylindrical in branched umbels 
4287 Stem erect, Leaves linear lanceolate, Flower-stalks twisted, Outer sepals obcordate mucrouate 
4288 Stem weak. Leaves spatulate ciliated. Umbel many-flowered. Peduncles 2-flowered 
4289 Flower campanulate spreading 
4290 Hairy, Scape 4-fl. shorter than lin. lane, leaves, Pedunc. twice as short as leaves 
4291 Like the last, but the leaves are shorter more villous and incurved. Petals more obtuse 
4292 Villous, Scape 4-fl. shorter than lin. lane. Ivs. Pedunc. shorter than flower. Fruit cylindrical 
4293 Pilose, Scape 2-fl. decumbent shorter than lin. lane, leaves 
4294 Scape 3-fl. pilose as long as leaves, Pedunc. thrice as long as fl. Leaves lane, smooth obliquely bent 
4295 Leaves linear. Scapes umbelliferous or 1-fl. Height depending on depth of water 
4296 Scape 1-flowered shorter than filiform rounded smooth leaves 
4297 Leaves at the edge and keel hairy, Scape hispid many-flowered racemose, Sepals obtuse 
4298 Leaves ovate-lanceolate entire smooth, Scapes 1-flowered 
4399 Scape 1-flowered shorter than the lin. lane, loose keeled smooth leaves 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
747. Polianthes. From ■j'oXv?, many, and mv^o;. a flower ; in allusion to the abundance of the blossoms. 
This is a very popular bulb, on account of its highly odoriferous flowers. It is imported annually from Italy 
and America, and flowers freely in pots of sandy loam and some rotten dung or leaf mould. R. A. Salisbury 
is of opinion that we might grow our own bulbs, by planting the offsets in such a situation as would obtain for 
them a " sufficient degree of heat in summer to bring their ^eaves out to their full magnitude, that of the 
roots following of course." " The theory," he adds, " which I would recommend any intelligent gardener to 
adopt in its general management is, to keep the roots gi'owing as vigorously as possible from May to October, 
but in a state of complete rest and drought for the rest of the year." {Hort. Trans, i. 53.) 
748. Alstrccmeria. So named from Baron Claudius Alstroemer, of Sweden, who in his travels through 
Europe sent many plants toLinnteus. The species are beautiful, and A. Ligtu is as fragrant as mignionette. A. 
Salsilla is cultivated in Peru and the "West Indies for its roots, which are used like the tubers of the potatoe. 
A. Ligtu, Sweet observes, " is generally considered difficult to flower ; but it will blossom well by letting the 
pots be dry for a considerable time till the shoots are all dried up ; then give it a good watering, and put it in 
a moist heat, and it will flower abundantly. It may be increased by parting the roots or by seed." {Bot. Cult. 
150 The finest kinds have not yet been introduced to this country. 
749. Conanthera. From ^covog, a cone, and ccv^-zi^ci, an anther ; their anthers being, which is singular among 
these plants, united into a cone. A pretty little Peruvian genus, of which two species are now known. 
750. Hypoxis. From v^o, beneath, and o|y?, pointed, in allusion to the sharp points of the inferior sepals. 
The species are plants with yellow flowers of little beauty, if we except H. stellata, wliich has a dark .^pot at 
the claws of its white petals. They increase fast by seeds or offsets. 
