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Class II. MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
Stems destitute of medullary rays, consisting of cellular 
tissue amongst which the vascular tissue is mixed in bun- 
dles, increasing by the addition of new matter at the centre. 
Leaves mostly alternate and sheathing with parallel simple 
veins connected by smaller transverse ones. Cotyledon one, 
or if more they are alternate. 
Subclass I. DICTYOGENS. 
Leaves net-veined, deciduous. Root with the wood in a 
solid coneentric circle. 
Order LXXVII. TRILLIACE.E. 
Perianth inferior, 6- or 8-])arted ; in 2 whorls ; outer whorl or 
calyx herbaceous ; inner or corolla coloured, or in our plant her- 
baceous. Stam. 6 — 10. Anth. linear; filament subulate. Ovary 
superior, 3 — 5-celled. Ovides indefinite in two rows. Styles as 
many as the cells, distinct ; stigmas inconspicuous. Fr. succu- 
lent, not bursting. Seeds with a leatheiy skin. Embryo minute, 
in fleshy albumen. 
1. Paris. Perianth suhherhaceous, 8-parted, 4 inner leaves 
narrower than the others. Stam. 8 — 10. Anth. fixed to the 
middle of the subulate filament. — G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 58. 
1. Varis Linn. 
1. P. quarlrifolia (h.) ; 1. usually 4 in a whorl. — E.B.J . — St. 
about a foot high, springing from the extremity of a long rhizoma, 
usually with 4, occasionally from 3 — 6 1. at its summit. FI. soli- 
tary, terminal. Sej). lanceolate. Pet. subulate. Styles 4. Berry 
4-celled; cells with 4 — 8 seeds. No root leaves. See Loud. Mag. 
Nat. Hist. v. 429. — Damp woods. P. V. Herb Paris. 
Order LXXVIII. TAMEiE. 
Perianth superior, petaloid 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted into 
