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Inner perianth minute, of a single lobe, or urn shaped, or five 
toothed. Gilliesiacee. 
Inner and outer perianth alike. Liliacee. p. 337. 
Ill, d. APETALOUS ENDOGENS. 
Flowers not on a spadix. 1 
Flowers on a spadix. 
Flowers perfect, having both stamens and pistils. 
Orontiacee. 
Flowers imperfect, some staminate, some pistillate. 
Embryo without a cleft on the side. Fruit one seeded fibrous 
nuts, or many celled berries. Pandanacee. 
Embryo with a cleft at one side in which the plumule lies. 
Fruit juicy, filaments very short. Perianth none. 
Aracee. p. 317. 
Fruit dry. Filaments long with wedge shaped anthers. Peri- 
anth consisting of scales or hairs. Tephacee. p. 318. 
1. — Ovules erect. 3 
Ovules suspended. 
Carpels several. 2 
Carpel single. 
Anthers one celled. Restiacee. 
Anthers two celled. Naiadacee. p. 316. 
2 . — Carpels combined into a solid pistil. Restiacee. 
Carpels separate. 
Anthers one celled. Desvauxiacee. 
Anthers two celled. 
Ovary surrounded by a membranous tube. 
Eriocaulonacee. p. 352. 
Ovary without a surrounding tube. Naiad acee. p. 316. 
Embryo consisting of a cellular nucleus, with no distinction of 
Embryo with radicle and plumule conspicuous. 
