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CLASS Vl. ORDER 1. 
ma umbilitate stamens spring up on being 
irritated, (barberry.) 
Cleo'me. Calyx 4-leaved, inferior; pet- 
als 4, ascending to one side ; glands 3, one 
at each sinuate division of the calyx, ex- 
cept the lowest ; stamens from 6 to 20, or 
more ; capsule stipid or sessile, silique-like, 
often 1-celled, 2-valved. Does not belong 
to the class Tetradynamia by its natural 
or artificial characters. It has no silique, 
though the capsule appears, like a silique, 
until it is opened, (false mustard.) 
Gynandrop"sis. Sepals 4, distinct, 
wp reading ; petals 4 ; receptacle linear, 
elongated ; stamens with the lower part of 
the filaments, adnate to the receptacle its 
whole length ; pod linear-oblong, raised on 
a long stipe, which rises from the top of the 
receptacle. 
Isome'ris. Sepals 4, united below, some- 
what spreading, marescent ; petals 4, ob- 
long, sessile, regular; receptacle fleshy, 
sub-hemispherical, produced into a small 
dilated appendage on the upper side ; sta- 
mens equal, much exserted ; capsule large, 
obovate, elliptical, coriaceous, indehiscent, 
Htipitate, crowned with the very short sub- 
ulate style ; seeds several, very large, 
cmooth. 
Leon'^tice. Calyx of 6 sepals, caducous ; 
petals 6, having a scale at the base ; 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-Ieaved ; 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, 
somewhat tubular; capsule 1 to 3-oelled; 
seed comose. 
DiPHYL^LiA. Sepals 3, caducous; petals 
9, opposite the divisions of the calyx ; an- 
thers adhering to the filaments; berry 1- 
celled : seeds 2 or 3, roundish. 
1 with a long tube ; nectary l2-cleft, bearing 
the stamens. S. 
' Brodi^'a. Corolla inferior, bell-form, f5 
parted ; filaments inserted in the throat of 
, the corolla ; gerra pedicelled ; capsule 1 
I celled, many-seeded. (S. 
Cri'num. Corolla superior, funnel-form, 
' half 6-cleft, tube filiform; border spresid 
ing, recurved ; segments subulate, chj-n- 
nelled ; filaments inserted on the throat bi 
the corolla, separate. S. 
Galan"thus. Petals 3, concave, 8up<«. 
rior; nectaries (or inner petals) 3, smsM, 
emarginate ; stigma simple, (snowdroj.) 
Ex. 
Narcis"sus. Corolla bell-form, 1-leafe i, 
spreading, 6 parted, or 6-petalled, equal, s-. - 
perior; nectary bell-form, 1-leafed, encU • 
sing the stamens, (jonquil, daffodil.) Ea 
C. Flowers with a single, corolla-like, pen 
I antk. 
Ale'tris. Corolla tubular-ovate, 6-cleft, 
wrinkled ; stamens inserted upon the ori- 
fice ; style 3-sided, 3-parted ; calyx half su- 
perior, 3-celled, many-seeded, (false aloe.) 
Lophio'la. Corolla 6-cleft, persistent, 
woolly, bearded inside ; anthers erect ; fil- 
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- 
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 
ambels or heads, (leek, garlic, onion, 
c'ves.) 
.Hypox"is. Glume-like spatha 2-valved ; 
corolla superior, 6-parted, permanent ; cap- 
sule elongated, narrow at the base, 3-ceIled, 
many-seeded; seed roundish, (star-grass.) 
Pontede'hia. Corolla inferior, 6-cleft, 2- 
lipped, with 3 longitudixial 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.) 
Pancua'tium. Flower funnel-shaped. 
Phalan^gium, Corolla inferior, 6-petal- 
led, spreading; filaments smooth; capsule 
ovate ; seeds angular. 
Narthe'cium. Corolla 6-parted, color- 
ed ; filaments hairy ; capsule prismatic, 3- 
celled ; 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, 3-ceJled ; seeds few. 
Hemerocal"lis. CoroHa 6-parted, tubu- 
lar, funnel-form; stamens declined ; stigma 
small, simple, somewhat villose. (day-lily.) 
Ex. 
Ornithog"alum. Corolla 6-petalled, in- 
ferior, erect, permanent, spreading above 
the middle ; filaments dilated, or subulate 
at the base ; capsule roundish, angled, % 
celled ; seed roundish, naked, (star of 
Bethlehem.) 
Lil"ium. Corolla liliaceous, inferior, 6- 
petalled ; petals with a longitudinal line 
from the middle to the base ; stamens 
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, inserted at the base ; 
style compressed ; stigma 2-lobed, com- 
pressed ; berry 2-celled cells mauy-secded 
Erythro'nium. Corolla liliaceous, infe- 
rior, 6-petalled ; petals reflexed, having 
pores and 2 tubercle-form iiecttaries at the 
base of the 3 inner, alternate petals cap. 
