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Suh-group B.—Mherent.—Epigynosx. 
§ 1. •Alliance Narcissales.—Leaves smooth or hairy, with their par¬ 
allel veins running longitudinally from base to apex. 
§ 2 . Bromeliales.—Leaves rigid, channelled, dry or iiesny, often with 
a scurfy surface, and spiny at the point or edges. 
SPADICEOUS FLOWERS. 
§ 1. Pandales.—Leaves rigid, long linear lanceolate, embracing the 
stem, spirally overlapping, margins mostly spiny. 
§ 2. Banaiiales.—Leaves with their parallel veins diverging from the 
midrib to the margin. 
§ 3\ Palmales.—Leaves clustered terminal, pinnate, or fanform, very 
large, plaited while young. 
LILIACEOUS FLOWERS.-HYPOGYNOUS SUB-GROUP. 
Lily tribe, or Liliaceae. 
The plants of this tribe bear a fruit which is three-celled, many-seeded, 
d.ry or succulent, and capsular; their roots are fibrous or fasciculate. Stem 
none, except a bulb or tuber, and is creeping, erect or arborescent. The 
leaves are either sessile, or with a narrow leafy petiole, shaped like a 
lance or sword. 
LILIACEOUS FLOWERS.-EPIGYNOUS SUB-GROUP. 
Amaryllis tribe, or AmarylUdacese, 
The plants of this tribe bear a fruit which is three-celled, many-seeded, 
three-valved, capsular, opening in the cells. They are generally bulbous, 
sometimes fibrous-rooted, occasionally with a tall flower-stalk; their 
leaves have generally the shape of a sword. 
Pine-Apple tribe, or Bromeliacex. 
The plants of this tribe bear a fruit which is three-celle-d, many-seeded,., 
-capsular, or succulent: the roots are fasciculate, fibrous or tuberous ; stems 
hone at all, or very short, covered with leaves which are spiny at the 
edge or point. Flower-stalk occasionally very tall; plants perish immedi- 
■ately after flowering, and suckers spring up from the roots. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
By comparing the characters of the Lily tribe and of the Amaryllis tribe, 
it will be seen that the only notable difference exists in the position of 
the flower. They agree in the shape and structure of their leaves, being 
sword or lance-shaped, and with the veins running parallelly and longi¬ 
tudinally from the base to the apex. In these characters of vegetation 
ithe Pine-apple tribe resemblesToth. ■ . ' 
