1036 APPENDIX. 
Order VI. Farinosae. 
Herbs, usually with narrow leaves, sometimes rush-like. Flowers 
unisexual or hermaphrodite. Perianth generally present ; leaflets 3 or 6, 
Ovary 1-3-celled, or of 1-3 separate carpels. 
16. Restiaceae. Sedge-like or rush-like perennial herbs. Stems solid, 
terete; leaf-sheaths split to the base. Flowers unisexual. Perianth of 
6 scarious leafets. Stamens 3. Ovary 1!-3-celled, ovules solitary im each 
cell, pendulous. Fruit nucular or capsular. (p. 283.) 
17. Centrolepidaceae. Small annual or perennial herbs, sometimes 
almost moss-like; leaves linear or filiform. Flowers hermaphrodite or 
polygamous. Perianth wanting. Stamens 1 or 2: anthers versatile. 
Ovary either 1-celled or collaterally 2—3-celled, or of several distinct 1-celled 
carpels. (p. 286.) 
Order VII.  Liliiflorae. 
Herbs, more rarely climbing shrubs or trees, rhizomatous or bulbous, or 
roots fibrous. Leaves narrow, rush-like or grass-like to equitant vr ensiform, 
Perianth more or less conspicuous, petaloid ; segments usually 6, in 2 series. 
Stamens 3 or 6. Ovary superior or inferior, 1-3-celled. Fruit capsular or 
baccate. Albumen of the seed fleshy or horny. 
18. Juneaeeae. Perennial herbs, with narrow often rush-like leaves. 
Perianth green or brown, scarious, of 6 segments or leaflets. Stamens 3 
or 6, Ovary superior, 1-3-celled ; ovules I-many in each cell, Fruit a 
3-valved capsule. (p. 290.) 
19. Liliaceae. Perennial herbs, climbing shrubs, or trees; leaves various. 
Perianth petaloid, of 6 segments or leaflets. Stamens 6, rarely 3. Ovary 
superior, 3-celled, ovules 2 or more in each cell. Fruit a 3-celled capsule 
or berry; seeds 1 or more in each cell. (p. 307.) 
20. Amaryllidaceae. Perennial herbs, usually with bulbs or rootstocks ; 
leaves narrow, entire. Flowers regular. Perianth petaloid, of 6 segments 
or leaflets. Stamens 6, distinct ; anthers extrorse. Ovary inferior, 3-ceiled ; 
ovules usually numerous in each cell. Fruit a 3-celled capsule; seeds with 
copious albumen. (p. 326.) 
21. Tridaceae. Perennial herbs; leaves narrow, often equitant and 
‘usiform. Flowers regular in the New Zealand species. Perianth petaloid, 
its tube adnate to the ovary, limb of 6 segments, marcescent. Stamens 8, 
inserted on the perianth; anthers extrorse. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; 
ovules numerous. Style-branches 3. Fruit a 3-celled capsule. (p. 327.) 
Order VIII. Microspermae. 
Herbaceous plants of very various size and habit of growth, the tropical 
species often epiphytic or saprophytic. Flowers reswlar and trimerous in 
the Burmanniaceae, very irregular in the Orchidaceae. Ovary inferior. 
I-celled or 3-celled; ovules numerous, minute. Fruit a capsule: seeds 
minute, with a thin and membranous testa ; albumen present or absent. 
22. Burmanniaceae. Small slender annual or perennial herbs, mostly 
saprophytic, and often. leafless. Ueaves when present crowded at the 
base of the stem or scattered along it. Flowers solitary and terminal or 
cymose, usually regular and trimerous. Perianth gamophyllous. Stamens 
