. 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 14A.âLILIACBjB. stem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate lvs. (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 loDg, roflexed, dark red. Jl. Order CXLVIII. LILIACE^E. Lilyworts. Herbs with bulbous or tuberous stems, paralleW veined, sessilo leaves, flowers perfect, regular, general
. 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 14A.âLILIACBjB. stem, consisting of 6 to 8 wedge-lanceolate lvs. (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 loDg, roflexed, dark red. Jl. Order CXLVIII. LILIACE^E. Lilyworts. Herbs with bulbous or tuberous stems, paralleW veined, sessilo leaves, flowers perfect, regular, generally large and richly colored, perianth 6 (rarely 4)-parted, uniformly colored, free from the ovary, stamens 6 (rarely 4), perigynous; anthers introrse (extrorso in Uvularia), 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. 68, CO, G3, 108, 171, 254, 259, 400, 454. Genera 147, species 1200, chiefly natives of temperate regions. Tho flowers of most are beautiful, of many brilliant, and of some truly splendid. Properties.âTho order abounds in a bitter, stimulant principle and also in mucilage. Some of tho bulbous species yield a nutritious diet, as the Asparagus, Onion, Garlic The well known active medicine, squills, is the bulb 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 blood, is the concentrated juice of Dra^sna Draco of the Canary Islef^ (The Tribo Uvulariio is intermediate between Liliaccxt and Mclanthaceaj, approaching tho latter by its mostly extrose anthers, but best according with the former in its united styles, fruit, and in habit.). FIG. 715. Smilacina borealis. showing tho 2 cells, &c. TRIBES AXD GEXERA. 6. A berry cut open, S Plants bulbous at tho base, or with a thick, woody eaudex. (*) * Perianth segments united, forming a tubular flowe
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