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LILIACEJ3. 
Order XCYII. LILIACE.E. 
Perianth inferior, corolline, the six subequal lobes free or more or 
less united. Stamens 6, hypogynous or perigynous ; filaments various ; 
anthers usually versatile, introrse. Ovary superior, 3-celled; placentation 
axile ; ovules anatropous ; style simple or trifid. Fruit capsular or 
baccate. Seeds copiously albuminous. — Herbs or shrubs, the rootstock 
often bulbous, the leaves fleshy or thin, the flowers in racemes or 
umbels. Distrib. Cosmopolitan. Species 1800. 
Fruit capsular ( Liliacece proper.') 
Perianth gamophyllous. 
Eoots fibrous. 
Leaves thin * Hemerocallis. 
Leaves very thick and fleshy 1. Aloe. 
Eoots bulbous 2. Milla. 
Perianth polyphyllous 3. Asphodelus. 
Fruit baccate ( Asparagacece ). 
Perianth gamophyllous. 
Leaves fleshy, as in Aloe 4. Lomatophyllum. 
Leaves firm, thin 5. Dracaena. 
Perianth polyphyllous. 
Climbing shrub with white flowers and large lan- 
ceolate leaves 6. Cohnia. 
Herb with linear leaves and blue flowers .... 7. Dianella. 
Climbing shrubs with copious leaf-like sterile 
branchlets (cladodia) 8. Asparagus. 
# Hemerocallis fulva, Linn. ; Dot. Mag. t. 64, a native of the north 
temperate zone of the Old World, an old garden favourite, is esta- 
blished in the Mauritius near Moka and on the heights of Nouvelle 
Decouverte. It has fibrous roots, large ensiform leaves of grass-like 
texture, a scape 2-3 feet high -with a few corymbose flowers, a funnel- 
shaped gamophyllous inodorous fulvous-red perianth 3-4 inches long 
with broad veined segments much longer than the tube. Lisjaune. 
1. ALOE, Linn. 
Perianth gamophyllous, tubular, bright red, with 6 equal ligulate 
permanently connivent lobes. Stamens 6, hypogynous ; filaments 
filiform, as long as or longer than the perianth ; anthers linear, ver- 
satile. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; style long, simple ; stigma capitate. 
Fruit capsular. — Undershrubs, shrubs or rarely trees, with thick fleshy 
leaves, the flowers in crowded often panicled racemes. Distrib. 
Cape and a few in Tropical Africa. Species about 40. 
1. A. lomatophylloid.es, Balcer. Stemless. Leaves few in a 
rosette, ensiform, 1 \ feet long, 3 inches broad, narrowed gradually from 
the base to the apex, armed with small spreading deltoid teeth. Scape 
•| ft. long, with 2-3 ascending forks bearing dense racemes 3-6 in. long ; 
