. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology and classification of plants : with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. 706 Order 148.âLILIACB^. srem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate 1 vs. (3 to 4' by 9 to 12''); the other at the top, of about 3 ovate, shorter leaves. Fls. in the upper whorl, 1, 2 or 3, pen- dulous, with greenish, revolute segments. The stigmas are very long, reflexed, dark red. Jl. Order CXLVIII. LILIACE^. Lilyworts. Herbs with bulbous or tuberous stems, parallel- veined, sessile leaves, flowers perfect, regular, genera
. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology and classification of plants : with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. 706 Order 148.âLILIACB^. srem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate 1 vs. (3 to 4' by 9 to 12''); the other at the top, of about 3 ovate, shorter leaves. Fls. in the upper whorl, 1, 2 or 3, pen- dulous, with greenish, revolute segments. The stigmas are very long, reflexed, dark red. Jl. Order CXLVIII. LILIACE^. Lilyworts. Herbs with bulbous or tuberous stems, parallel- veined, sessile leaves, flowers perfect, regular, generally large and richly colored, perUmih 6 (rarely 4)-parted, tiniformly colored, free from the ovary, stamens 6 (rarely 4), perigyiious ⢠anfh&rs introrse (ea±:orse in TJvularia), styles wholly or partly united, ovary superior, 2 or 3-celled. Fruit a capsule, loculicidal, or a pulpy berry. Seeds free or many, with fleshy albumen. Illustr. in figs. 58, 60, 63, 108, 111, 254, 259, 400, 454. Genera 14T, species 1200, chiefly natives of temperate reeions. The flowers of most are beautiful, of many brilliant, and of some truly splendid. Properties.â^The order abounds in a bitter, stimulant principle and also in mucilage. Some of the bulbous species yield a nntritious diet, as the Aeparagus^ Onion^ Garlic. The well known active medicine, squills, is the bnlb of Scilla maritima, of S. Europe. The various kinds of officinal aloes, arc the product of several species of Aloe. The powerful astringent, Dragon's ilood, is the concentrated juice of Draceena Draco of the Canary Isles. (The Tribe Uvularije is intermediate between Liliaceffl and Melanthacese, approaching the latter by its mostly extrose anthers, but best according with the former in its united styles, fruit, and in habit.) FIG. 725. Smilacina borefllis. 6. A berry cut open, showing the 2 cells, &c. TRIBES AND GENERA. § Plants bulbous at the base, or with a thick, woody caudex. (*) * Perianth segments united, fo
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