A Natural System of Botany ; Or a Systematic View of the Organization, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kingdom

Together with the Uses of the Most Important Species in Medicine, the Arts, and Rural Or Domestic Economy

LILIALES. Essential Character. — Calyx and Corolla distinct, but similar in
degree of deve- lopement, both being petaloid. Embryo in the axis of albumen.
Order CCXLVII. PONTEDERACEjE. Pontedere*, Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. N. G. 1
. 211.