usually petaloid ; segments free or united. Sta. 
3 + 3 (3 + 0 Ruscus), hypogynous or slightly 
epiphyllous. Ovary superior, almost always 3- 
celled; ovules 2 — 00 in each cell; plac. axile. Fr. 
a capsule or berry. Endosperm not starchy. 
Narthecium, Tofieldia, Colchicum, Simethis, 
Gagea, Allium, Fritillaria, Tulipa, Lloydia, 
Scilla (inch Endymion), Ornithogalum, Muscari, 
Asparagus, Ruscus, Polygonatum, Maianthe- 
mum ( = Smilacina), Convallaria, Paris (parts 
in 4’s), [Veratrum, Asphodelus, Anthericum^ 
Phormium, Funkia, Kniphofia, Agapanthus, 
Lilium, Hyacinthus, Aspidistra, Trillium; Glo- 
riosa, Smilax, Myrsiphyllum ( = Medeola) are 
climbers; Alo^, Yucca, DraccBna, Cordyline are 
arborescent.] 
^ 0 Ovary inferior. 
Family 15. AMARYLLIDACE^. Herbs (mostly 
bulbous) j resembling liliace^, but with inferior 
ovary. Lea. radical. Flow, cymose, ^ , occasionally 
with a corona. Sta. 3 + 3, epiphyllous or epigynous. 
Fr. usually a capsule. 
Narcissus, Galanthus, Leucojum, ^Amaryllis, 
Crinum, Eucharis, Alstrcemeria ; Agave is sub- 
arborescent]. 
Family 16. DIOSCOREACE.^. Climbing plants, 
with starchy tuberous rhizomes. Lea. (in Brit, sp.) 
spiral, net-veined. Flow, in racemes, mostly i- 
sexual and dicecious. Per. sepaloid, with a short 
tube, superior in the J flow. Sta. 3+3, epiphyl- 
lous. Carp. 3 ; styles 3 ; ovules 2 on each plac. Fr. 
usually a capsule, but an imperfectly 3-celled berry 
in Tamus. Tamus, [Dioscorea.] 
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