85. ASPAKAGACE^. 
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Order LXXXV. ASPARAGACE^. 
Perianth inferior, petal-like, 6-parted or 4 — 8-parted. Stam. 
6 or 4—8, inserted into the receptacle or on the perianth. Anth. 
bvirsting inwards. Ovary superior, 3- (rarely 1-) celled. Ovules 
1 or many in each cell. Styles 1 — -3. Pr. mcculent, not biu:sting. 
rlioot not bulbous. — See figm-es of the genera in G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 
1. AsPAHAGVS. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, tubular below. 
Stain. 6. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovulea. Style 1. Stig- 
mas 3, refiexed. — Fl. by abortion dioecious. 
2. CONTALLARIA. Perianth bellshaped, Q-parted, deciduous. 
Ovary 3-ceUed ; cells 2-ovided. Stiffina blunt, ti-igonous. 
Beny with 1 -seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 
3. PoLYGOXATCiT. Perianth tubidar, 6-toothed, tardily de- 
ciduous. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 
trigonous. BeiTy«-ith 1 — 2-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed 
to pedicel. 
4. MAiANTHEima. Perianth A-jjarted; segments horizon- 
tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam. 4. Style 1. 
Stigma blunt. Berry 2-ceUed ; ceUs 1-seeded. 
5. Rrscu's. Dioecious. Perianth 6-parted to the base, per- 
sistent. Filaments forming an ovoid tube, on the top of 
which the 3 anth. are placed. — Fern, the same, but the 
anthers barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Beny 1-celled, 
rarely 2-seeded. — Vi. on disk of pei-sistent leaves. 
1. Aspar'agus Linn. 
\. A. offiamtlis (L.); st. herbaceous mostly erect without 
spines branched, 1. clustered terete flexible setaceous. — E. B. 
339.— Creeping. Stems many, scaly, erect, or rai'ely procumbent, 
scarcely more than a foot high (in cultivation 3 feet). — Sea- 
coast, rare. Kynance Cove, Cornwall. South coast of Anglesea. 
Giltax Point, Pemb. Tramore, Waterf. P. YITI. E. I. 
2. Contalla'eia Linn. Lily of the Valley. 
1. C. majdlis (L.).—E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10.— About a foot 
high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semic^'liadrical. 
Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 
—Woods and thickets. P. V. E. S. 
3. Poltgona'tttm Toum. Solomon's Seal. 
1. P. verticiUdtutn (AU.) ; /. linear-lanceolate ichorled, st. erect 
angular.— £. ^. 128. i?. x. 435.— St. 2 feet high. L. 3— o in 
a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 
Northumberiand. P. VI. . . E. S. 
