B. Flow, typically pentacyclic, with isomer ous, 
usually ymerous whorls. 
FARINOSE. UUIFLOR^. MICROSPERMiE. 
Order 5 FARINOSyE. 
Mostly herbs. Stem + undeveloped. Flow, 
cyclic, 2- or 3- merous, but sta. often reduced or 
imperfect. Seeds with a mealy endosperm. 
Family 12. FRIOCAULACB^. Perennial scapi- 
gerous herbs. Lea. narrow, mostly radical. Flow, 
usually monoecious, in involucrate heads. Per. 
membranous, in 2 whorls. Sta. 4 — 6 (or 2 — 3). 
Carp (2 — 3), with 2 — 3 styles ; ovary 2 — 3-celled, 
with I pendulous orthotropous ovule in each cell. 
Fr. a loculicidal capsule. Eriocaulon. 
Order 6. LILIIFLOR/E. 
Mostly herbs. Flow, cyclic, almost always 3- 
merous (rarely 4-merous). Ovules anatropous. 
Seeds usually with horny or fleshy endosperm. 
General formula : P3 + 3(or K3,C3), A3 + 3,0(3). 
^ Ovary superior. 
Family 13. JUNCACE^. Herbs, annual or with 
perennial rhizomes. Lea. rather narrow or o. Inflor. 
crowded, cymose. Flow, mostly ^ , actinomorphic. 
Per. of 6 similar dry membranous segments. Sta. 
3 + 3, or 3 + 0. Carp. (3), with 3 filiform stigmas. 
Ovary superior, i- or 3-celled, with i — 00 ovules in 
each cell. Capsule loculicidal. Endosperm starchy. 
Juncus, Luzula. 
Family 14. LILIACE^. Herbs (except Ruscus) 
in Brit, sp., usually perennating by bulbs or 
rhizomes (conn in Colchicuyn) . Lea. various. Per. 
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