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CXLVII. LILIACE2E. 
3). Fruit baccate, drupaceous or capsular. Seeds globose or 
flattened. Species about 2500, whole world. 
§ 1. ProtoliviacecB. Fruit capsular. 
Small leafless parasite; ovary of 3 distinct follicles . I. Protolirion 
§ 2. Ophiopogones. Capsule dehiscing long before the seed is ripe, exposing 
fleshy-coated seeds, blue. 
Filaments connate in a ring; leaves broad . . 2. Peliosanthes 
Filaments free; leaves grassy . . . - 3 - Ophiopogon 
§3. Antherices. Herbs; leaves narrow linear; inflorescence panicled lax. 
Capsule 3-lobed; seeds flat; petals not fringed, 
white ........ 4. Chlorophytum 
Capsule 3-lobed; seeds flat; petals fringed, blue . 5. Thysanotus 
Fruit baccate pulpy. 
Filaments linear flat, half as long as anther . 6. Rhuacophila 
Filaments thick fleshy . . . . .7. Dianella 
§ 4. Aspidistres. Rhizomatous with large broad leaves. Perianth 
campanulate; stamens adnate to tube. 
Fruit baccate. 
Style 1; stigma discoid or clubbed . . .8. Tupistra 
Style o; stigmas 3.9. Tricalistra 
§ 5. Asparagines. Scandent shrubs, no leaves, replaced by linear cladodes, 
fruit baccate. 
Flowers small.10. Asparagus 
§ 6. Dracaenes. Shrubs or trees often large. Perianth cylindric or 
campanulate. 
Berry 1-or 2-seeded . . . . . .11. Drac^na 
§ 7. Uvularis. Rootstock tuberous or creeping. Stem leafy; leaves 
not sheathing; flowers axillary. 
Stem erect; flowers median size; fruit a berry . 12. Disporum 
S tem climbing by tendrilled leaves; flowers large; 
fruit a capsule . . . . . . 13. Gloriosa 
§ 8. Smilacece. Shrubs climbing, rarely erect often thorny with tendrils. 
Fruit a berry. 
Leaves 3- to 5-nerved, reticulate; flowers unisexual, 
umbelled small. 
Petals and sepals free to base . . . .14- Smilax 
Petals and sepals connate in a tube . . . 15. Heterosmilax 
1 . PROTOLIRION, Ridl. and Groom. 
Slender saprophyte or parasite; rhizome slender; stem erect. 
Leaves scale-like. Raceme eorymboid. Flowers small pedicelled. 
Sepals narrow. Petals broader. Stamens 6, 3 epigynous, 3 epi- 
petalous. Anthers basi-fixed. Nectaries 3, opposite petals. Pistil 
of 3 follicles, syncarpous and adnate to base of perianth below, free 
above. Follicles ovoid dehiscing above. Seeds 12 in each. 
Species 1. 
(1) P. paradoxum Ridl. and Groom, Ann. Bot. ix. 45, PI. iii; 
Mat. ii. 87. 
Rhizome 1 to 8 in. long. Stem slender, 1 to 3 in. tall, scale- 
leaves crowded at base, all yellow. Flowers 6, yellow; pedicels 
•5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate. Petals larger ovate blunt. 
Stamens shorter. Carpels narrowed upwards into short styles. 
