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CLASS VI ORDER I. 
ma uinbilicate ; stamens spring up on being 
initatud. (barberry.) 
Clko'me. Calyx 4-leaved, inferior; pet- 
als 4, ascending to one side ; glands 3, one 
at eacb sinuate division of tlie calyx, ex- 
cept the lowest; stamens from 6 to 20, or 
more ; capsule stipid or sessile, siliqae-like, 
often 1-celled, 2 valved. Does not belong 
to the class Teiradynamia by its natural 
or artiHcial characters. It has no silique, 
though the capsule appears, like a silique, 
until it is opened, (false mu.stard.) 
Gynandhop"sis. Sejjals 4, di.stinct, 
spreading; petals 4; receptacle linear, 
elongated ; stamens with the lower part of 
the lilaments, adnate to the receptacle its 
wliole lengtli ; pod linear-oblong, rai.sed on 
a long stipe, which rises from the top of the 
receptacle. 
Isume'ris. Sepals 4, united below, some- 
what spreading, marcscent ; petals 4, ob- 
long, sessile, regular ; receptac^le fleshy, 
sub-hemispherical, pioduced into a small 
dilated appendage on the upper side ; .sta- 
mens equal, much ex.serted ; capsule large, 
obovate, elliptical, coriaceous, indeliiscent, 
stipitate. crowned with the very short sub- 
ulate style ; seeds several, very large, 
smooth. 
L£On"tice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous; 
petals 6, having a scale at the ba.se ; necta- 
ries 5, inserted upon the claws of petals ; 
anthers adnate to the filaments, 2-celled. 
(pappoose root.) 
Pri'nos. Calyx minute, 6-cleft; corolla 
sub-rotate, monopetalous, 6-parted ; berry 
6-seeded. (winter-berry.) 
Fl(er"kia. Calyx 3-leaved ; petals 3, 
shorter than the sepals ; seeds 2 or 3, supe- 
rior. 
Tilland"sia. Calyx 3-cleft, sub-convo- 
lute, permanent; corolla 3 cleft, bell form, 
soinewhat tubular; capsule 1 to 3-celled; 
seed comose. 
Diphyl"lia. Sepals 3. caducous ; petals 
opposite the divisions of the calyx ; an- 
thers adhering to the filaments ; berry 1- 
celled ; seeds 2 or 3, roundish. 
B. Flowers issuing from a spatha. 
Amaryl'''lis. Corolla superior, 6-petal- 
led, unequal; filaments unequal, declined, 
inserted in the throat of the tube, (atamask 
lily.) S. 
Al"lium. Spatha many-flowered; corol- 
la inferior, 6-parted, very deeply divided ; 
divisions ovate, spreading; capsule 3-celled, 
3-valved, many seeded ; flowers in close 
umbels or heads, (leek, garlic, onion, 
cives.) 
Hypox"is. Glume-like spatha 2-valved ; 
corolla superior, 6 parted, permanent; cap- 
sule elongated, narrow at the base, 3-ce!led, 
many-seedeifl ; seed roundish, (.star-grass.) 
Pontedk'ria. Corolla inferior, 6 cleft, 2- 
lipped, with 3 longitudinal perforations be- 
low ; capsule with utricles, fleshy, 3-celled, 
many-seeded ; 3 stamens, commonly insert- 
ed on the tip, and 3 on the tube of the co- 
rolla, (pickerel weed.) 
Pancra'tium. Flower fuuuel-ehaped. 
with a long tube ; nectary I2 clefl, bearing 
the stamens. tS?. 
Brodite'a. Corolla inferior, bell-form. 6- 
parted; filaments inserted in the throat of 
the corolla ; germ pedicelled ; capsule 3- 
celled, many-.seeded. <S. 
1 Cri'num. Corolla superior, funnel form, 
half 6 cleft, tube filiform; border spread- 
ing, recurved ; segments subulate, chan- 
nelled ; filaments inserted on the throat of 
the corolla, separate. S. 
j Gai.an"thus. Petals 3, concave, supe- 
rior ; nectaries (or inner petahs) 3, small, 
i emarginate ; stigma simple, (snowdrop.) 
j Ex. 
j Narcis"sus. Corolla bell-form, 1-leafed. 
[ spreading, 6 parted, or 6-petalled, equal, su 
I perior ; nectary bell-form, l-leafed, enclo- 
sing the stamens, (jonquil, daifodil.) Ex. 
C. Flowers toith a single, corolla-like, pert' 
j anth. 
I Ale'tris. Corolla tubular-ovate, 6-cleft. 
; wrinkled ; stamens inserted upon the ori- 
: fice ; style 3-sided, 3 parted ; calyx half su- 
i perior, 3-celled, many-seeded, (false aloe.) 
j LoPHio'LA. Corolla 6-cleft, persistent, 
i woolly, bearded inside ; anthers erect ; fil- 
j aments naked ; stigma simple ; capsule 
opening at the summit. 
Aga've. Corolla superior, tubular, fun- 
nel-form, 6 parted ; stamens longer than the 
corolla, erect ; capsule triangular, many- 
seeded. 
Phalan"gium. Corolla inferior, 6-petal- 
led, spreading; filaments smooth; capsule 
ovate ; .seeds angular. 
Narthe'cium. CoroUa 6-parted, color- 
ed; filaments hairy; capsule prismatic, 3- 
eelled ; seed appendaged at each end. (false 
asphodel.) 
Strepto'pus. Corolla 6-cleft, cylindrical, 
segments with a nectariferous pore at the 
base ; anthers longer than the filaments ; 
.stigma very short ; berry sub-globose, 
smooth, S celled ; seeds few. 
Hemerocal"lis. Corolla 6-parted, tubu- 
lar, funnel-form ; stamensdeclined ; stigma 
small, simple, somewhat villose. (day-lily.) 
Ex. 
Ornithog"alum. CoroOa 6-petalled, in- 
ferior, erect, permanent, spreading above 
the middle; filaments dilated, or subulate 
at the base ; capsule roundish, angled, 3- 
celled ; seed roundish, naked, (star of 
Bethlehem.) 
Lil"ium. Corofla liliaceous, infeiior, 6- 
petalled ; petals with a longitudinal line 
from the middle to the base ; stameua 
shorter than the style ; stigma undivided ; 
capsule sub triangular, with the valves 
connected by hairs crossing as in a sieve. 
(lily-) 
Clinto'nia. Perianth 6-parted, campan- 
ulate ; stamens 6, inseiled at the base ; 
style compressed ; stigma 2-lobed, com- 
pre.ssed ; berry 2-cel!ed, cells many-seeded. 
Erythro'-nium. Corolla liliaceous, infe- 
rior, 6-petalled ; petals reflexed, having 2 
pores and 2 tubercle-form nec;taries at the 
base of the 3 inner, alternate petals ; cap- 
