MONOCOTVLEUONES. xlix 
88. Liliacew. Perianth petal-like. Stain. 6 ; antli. 
bursting inwards. Fr. a dry capsule. — Bulbous or with 
root of fleshy fibres in Simethis 416 
89. Melanthaceti-. Perianth subherbaceous or petal- 
like. Stani. 6 ; anth. versatile from below their middle. 
Fr. of 3 follicles slightly connected or a 3-celled capsule.— 
Tuberous, or with a creeping rhizome 423 
90. Jwncaceoe. Perianth of glumelike scarious seg- 
ments. Stam. usually 6 ; anth. innate. Fr. capsular, 
3-valved, loculicidal. — Rushes 424 
91. Eriucaidacan. Perianth membranous, of 4—5 
parts. Stam. 4—6 ; anth. attached by back. Fr. capsular, 
membranous, 2 — 3-celled, loculicidal. — Aquatic plants. 
L. tufted. Fl. in heads on naked stalks 431 
**** Perianth wanting in our plants, or of 4 small 
scalelike parts. 
92. Typhaceiti. Monoecious. Fl. closely packed in 
cylindrical spikes, or in dense globose clusters, the males 
uppermost. Fr. dry or spongy. — Water-plants 432 
93. zlmcect. Monoecious with the male fl. uppermost, 
or perfect, or a spadix and usually in a spath. Fr. suc- 
culent. — Spath usually conspicuous. L. often net-veined. 433 
94. LertiTMcece. Monoecious. Fl. 2 in a spath (very 
rare). — Small, floating, green, leattike, proliferous 435 
95. Fotamogetonacew. Fl. perfect or monoecious, in 
small spikes or clusters. No spath. Ovaries 4; stig. 1, 
sessile, subcapitate. — Aquatic plants 436 
96. Naiadacea;. Mon- or di-cecious. Fl. solitary in a 
spath. Ovary 1. Style 1 ; stig. filiform. — Aquatic 
plants with linear leaves 444 
Division 3. GLUMIFERJi. 
97. CyperaccLi^. Anth. entire at the end, innate. 
Leaf -sheaths entire. — Sedges 446 
98. Graminew. Anth. notched at both ends, versatile. 
Leaf-sheaths .split. - Grasses 475 
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