. 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 Ordjcb 148.—LILIACE^. stem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate Ivs. (3 to 4' by 9 to 12'^; the other at the top, of about 3 ovate, shorter leaves. Fls. ia the upper whorl, 1, 2 or 3, pen- dulous, with greenish, revolute segments. The stigmas are very long, reflexed, dark red, J]. 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 Ordjcb 148.—LILIACE^. stem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate Ivs. (3 to 4' by 9 to 12'^; the other at the top, of about 3 ovate, shorter leaves. Fls. ia the upper whorl, 1, 2 or 3, pen- dulous, with greenish, revolute segments. The stigmas are very long, reflexed, dark red, J]. Order CXLVIII. LILIACE^. Lilyworts. Herbs with bulbous or tuberous stems, parallel- veined, sessile leaves, flowers perfect, regular, generally large and richly colored, perianth 6 (rarely 4)-parted, uniformly colored, free from the ovary, stamens G (rarely 4), perigynous; anthers introrse (extrorso in Uvuiaria), styles wholly or partly united, ovary superior, 2 or 3-cellod. Fndi a capsule, loculicidal, or a pulpy berry. Seeds free or many, with fleshy albumen. Illustr. iu figs. 58, GO, 63, 108, lU, 254, 259, 400, 454. Genera 147, species 1200, chiefly Bf\t[ro3 of tcmperftto refiions. Tbe flowers of most aro beautiful, of many brilliant, and of somo truly splendiil. Properties.—^Tho order abounds'in a bitter, Btimtiliint principle and also in mucilage. Soino of tlie bulbous species yield a nutritious diet, as the Asparagus, Onimi, Garlic. The well known active medicine, squills^ is the bulb of Scilla maritima, of S. Europe. The various kinds of officinal aloes, aro tho product of several species of Aloe. The powerful astringent, BragoiVs blood, is the concentrated j uico of Draciena Draco of the Canary lelei?. (Tho Tribe Uvulariaj is intermediate between Liliacese and Molanthacen3, approaching tho latter by its mostly cxtrose antliers, but best according with the former in Its united styles, fruit, and in habit.). FIG. 715. Smilacina boreilia showing tho 2 cells, &c. TRnJBS AND GENERA. 6. A- berry cut open, S Plants bulboos at tho base, or with a thick, woody caudex. (*) '^ Perianth segments united, forming
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