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Asparagus .] xciv. liliace^e. 
5. Maianthemum. Perianth 4-partite, spreading. Stam. 4, diverging, 
inserted into the base of the segments. Anthers ovate. Flowers 
perfect. 
** Fruit dry, capsular. Roots never bulbous. Flowers jointed with their 
pedicel. Antherice.e. 
G. Simethis. Flowers perfect. Perianth 6-partite, spreading, deciduous. 
Stam. 6 ; filaments woolly. Ovules 2 in each cell. 
*** Fruit dry, capsular. Root bulbous. Flowers usually on a leajless 
scape, and with membranous bracteas or spathas, but no true 
leaves at the base of the pedicels which are not jointed with the 
flower. Ovules numerous in each cell. Scii.lk.-e. 
f Sepals combined below or forming a campanulate perianth. Anthers 
attached to the filament by their back above the base. 
7. AoRArHis. Perianth G-partite, tubular-campanulate, sepals reflexed 
at the extremity. Filaments longisb, decurrent. 
8. Muscari. Perianth globose or subcylindrical, contracted at the 
mouth, 6-toothed. Filaments very short. 
|| Sepals distinct, spreading. Anthers attached to the filament by their 
back. 
9. Allium. Flowers umbellate, inclosed at first in a 1-2-leaved spatha. 
10. Scilla. Flowers blue or purple, racemose or corymbose, on a scape. 
Spatha 0. Perianth deciduous. 
11. Ornithogalum. Flowers white, racemose or corymbose, on a scape. 
Spatha 0. Perianth persistent. 
**** Fruit dry, capsular. Root bulbous. Stem more or less leafy. Pedun- 
cles (or pedicels') without membranous bracteas at their base, 
springing from the axils of true leaves and not jointed with the 
flowers. Sepals distinct. Ovules maty in each cell. Tulipk.e. 
| Anthers erect. 
12. Gagea. Flowers yellow, corymbose or umbellate. Sepals without 
a nectariferous fold or depression. Style conspicuous. 
13. Lloydia. Flowers white tinged with red, solitary or few and corym- 
bose. Sepals with a transverse nectariferous fold near the base. 
Style conspicuous. 
14. Tulipa. Flowers usually solitary, rarely 2 on each stem. Style 0. 
tt Anthers attached above the base in front. 
15. Fritillakia. Sepals with a nectariferous depression at the base. 
Style 3-cleft at the apex. 
15 a . Lilium. Sepals with a longitudinal nectariferous furrow at the 
base. Style undivided. Stigma capitate. 
* Roots never bulbous. Fruit fleshy. Testa of seeds whitish 
(not black nor brittle). Asparage^:. (Gen. 1 — 5.) 
1. Asparagus Linn. Asparagus. 
Flowers perfect or occasionally imperfect.. Perianth cam- 
panulate tubular at the base, 6-partite, deciduous. Stamens 6, 
