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322<br />
CXL VII. LILlACElE.<br />
3). Fruit baccate, drupaceous or capsular. Seeds globose or<br />
flattened. Species about 2500, whole world.<br />
§ 1. Protolzrzacet8. FrUlt capsular.<br />
Small leafless paraSIte; ovary of 3 dIstmct follIcles. I PROTOLIRION<br />
§ 2. Ophzopogonet1l Capsule dehiscing long before the seed IS npe, exposmg<br />
fleshy-coated seeds, blue<br />
FIlaments connate m a ring; leaves broad 2. PELlOSAN<strong>THE</strong>S<br />
Filaments free; leaves grassy . . . • 3 OPHIOPOGON<br />
§ 3 Antherzcet1l. Herbs; leaves narrow lInear; inflorescence pamcled lax.<br />
Capsule 3-lobed; seeds flat; petals not frmged,<br />
whIte. . . . . . . . 4. CHLOROPHYTUM<br />
Capsule 3-lobed; seeds flat; petals fringed, blue 5. THYSANOTUS<br />
FrUlt baccate pulpy.<br />
Filaments linear flat, half as long as anther<br />
Ftlaments thick fleshy . .<br />
§ 4. Aspzdzstret1l. Rhizomatous with large<br />
campanulate, stamens adnate to tube.<br />
Fruit baccate.<br />
6. RHUACOPHILA<br />
. 7. DIANELLA<br />
broad leaves. Perianth<br />
Style I; stigma dISCOId or clubbed 8. TUPISTRA<br />
Style 0; stigmas 3. . . . . . 9. TRICALISTRA<br />
§ 5. Asparagznet1l. Scandent shrubs, no leaves, replaced by linear cladodes,<br />
frmt baccate.<br />
Flowers small . . . . . . . 10. ASPARAGUS<br />
§ 6. Dracaenet1l. Shrubs or trees often large. Penanth cylindric or<br />
campanulate<br />
Berry 1- or 2-seeded. • • . . • II. DRAC.lENA<br />
§ 7. Uvulal'Zt1I. Rootstock tuberous or creeping. Stem leafy; leaves<br />
not sheathmg; flowers aXIllary.<br />
Stem erect, flowers medIan size; fruit a berry . (I. DISPORUM<br />
Stem clImbmg by tendnlled leaves; flowers large;<br />
frUIt a capsule . . . . . . 13 GLORIOSA<br />
§ 8. Smzlacet1l Shrubs climbing, rarely erect often thorny with tendrils.<br />
Fruit a berry.<br />
Leaves 3- to 5-nerved, reticulate; flowers unisexual,<br />
umbelled small.<br />
Petals and sepals free to base .<br />
Petals and sepals connate in a tube<br />
14. SMILAX<br />
. IS. HETEROSMILAX<br />
1. PROTOLffiION, Ridl. and Groom.<br />
Slender saprophyte or parasite; rhizome slender; stem erect.<br />
Leaves scale-like. Raceme corymboid. Flowers small pedicelled.<br />
Sepals narrow. Petals broader. Stamens 6, 3 epigynous, 3 epipetalous.<br />
Anthers basi-fixed. Nectaries 3, opposite petals. Pistil<br />
of 3 follicles, syncarpous and adnate to base of perianth below, free<br />
above. Follicles ovoid dehiscing above. Seeds 12 in each.<br />
Species 1.<br />
(I) P. paradoxum Ridl. and Groom, Ann. Bot. ix. 45, Pl. iii;<br />
Mat. ii. 87.<br />
Rhizome 1 to 8 in. long. Stem slender, 1 to 3 in. tall, scaleleaves<br />
crowded at base, all yellow. Flowers 6, yellow; pedicels<br />
'5 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acuminate. Petals larger ovate blunt.<br />
Stamens shorter. Carpels narrowed upwards into short styles.
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