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§ 4. ANTHERICEiE, 
Bartl. 
Bulbine, W. 
Anthericum, Lam. 
Arthropodium, R. Br. 
Pasithea, Don. 
Anthericum, L. 
TTristagma, Popp. 
Czackia, Andrz. 
Phalangium, DC. 
Allohrogia, Tratt. 
Chlorophytum, Ker. 
Hartwegia, Goethe. 
Chloopsis, Bl. 
Asphodelus, L. 
Asphodeline, Rchb. 
Eremurus, M. Bieb. 
Tricoryne, R. Br. 
Cassia, R.Br. 
Sowerbaea, Sm. 
Drapiezia, Bl. 
Cyanella, L. 
Thysanotus, R. Br. 
Chlamysporum, 
Salisb. 
Bulbospermum, Bl. 
Tulbaghia, L. 
Aletris, L. 
Borya, La Bill. 
Baumgartenia, Spr. 
Daviesia, Lam. 
Johnsonia, R. Br. 
Aphyllanthes, L. 
Narthecium, Mohr. 
Ahama, Adans. 
Liriope, Lour. 
Ophiopogon, Ker. 
Fluggea, Rich. 
Slateria, Desv. 
Salmia, Cav. 
Pleomeles, Salisb. 
Laxmaiinia, R. Br. 
§ 5. CONVALLARIN.®:, 
Th. N. ab E. 
Convallaria, L. 
Styrandra, Raf. 
Polygonatum, Desf. 
Maianthemum, Wigg. 
Smilacina, Desf. 
Brachypetalum, Nutt 
Drymophila, R. Br. 
Streptopus, Mchx. 
Uvularia, L. 
? Stypandra, R. Br. 
Echeandia, Ort. 
Eriospermum, Jacq. 
Anemarrhena, Bge. 
Peliosanthes, Andr. 
§ 6. Asparage^, 
Asparagus, L. 
Ruscus, L. 
Rhuacophila, Bl. 
Dianella, Lam. 
Dracaena, L. 
Stoerria, Crz. 
CEdera, Crz. 
Cordyline, Comm. 
Charlwoodia, Sweet. 
Sanseviera, Thunb. 
Phormium, Thunb. 
Chlamydia, Bks. 
. Yucca, L. 
Xanthorrhoea, Sw. 
* * 
Eustrephus, R. Br. 
Luzuriaga, R. et P. 
Callixene, Comm. 
Herreria, R. et P. 
Geitonoplesium,Cunn . 
§ 7. Aloin^, Link. 
Aloe, L. 
Rhipidodendron, W. 
Gasteria, Haw. 
Bowiea, Haw. 
Haworthia, Salm. 
Apicra, W. 
Alliance III. COMMELALES. 
Essential Ch\kact^k. -^S epals leafy. Petals coloured. Carpels 3, completely com- 
bined. 
Order CCLI. COMMELINACE^E. The Spider-wort Tribe. 
EphemereJe, Batsch. Tab. Affin. 125. (1802) in part. — Commeline^, R. Brown Prodr. \ 
268. (1810) ; Richard in Humb. Bonpl. N. Gen. 1. 258. (1815) ; Agardh Aph. 168. 
(1823). 
Essential Character. — Sepals 3, distinct from the petals, herbaceous. Petals , 
coloured, sometimes cohering at the base. Stamens 6, or a smaller number, hypogynous, i 
some of them either deformed or abortive. Ovary 3-celled, with few-seeded cells; style 1 ; I 
stigma 1. Capsule 2- or 3-celled, 2- or 3-valved, the valves bearing the dissepiments in ] 
the middle. .Seeis often twin, inserted by their w’hole side on the inner angle of the cell, 
whence the hilum is linear ; embryo pulley-shaped, antitropous, lying in a cavity of the ' 
albumen remote froni the hilum ; albumen densely fleshy. — Herbaceous plants. Leaves j 
usually sheathing at the base. | 
Affinities. Brown remarks upon this order {Prodr. 269.), that ‘‘ it ' 
is very different from Juncacese both in habit and structure ; it agrees better 
with Restiacese in the situation of the embryo and the sheathing leaves, j 
although otherwise quite distinct ; it has scarcely any affinity with Palms, j 
except in its trochlear embryo, remote from the hilun, and indicated in j 
both orders by an external papilla.” Agardh adds, that it agrees with Or- ; 
chidacese in the structure of the seeds and stamens. I know not in what j 
respect this resemblance is shevm. Endhcher considers Mayaca to be the j 
type of a distinct order (v. Meletematd). ^ 
Geography. Chiefly found in the East and West Indies, and Africa. A 
few are found in North America, but none in northern Asia or Europe. 
Properties. Often miere weeds, sometimes beautifully-flowering plants ; \ 
othei-wise having no known properties. 
GENERA. 
Commelina, L. Campelia, Rich. Cyanotis, Don. Callisia, L.* 
Aclisia, E Mey. Tradescantia, L. Zygomenes, Salisb. Hapaianthus, Jacq. 
