Write a note on Liliaceae family.

$\rightarrow$ It is commonly called the 'Lily family".

$\rightarrow$Habitat : It is distributed world wide.

$\rightarrow$ Vegetative characters: Perennial herbs with underground bulbs/corms/rhizomes.

$\rightarrow$ Leaves : mostly basal, alternate, linear, exstipulate with parallel venation.

$\rightarrow$ Floral characters :

$\rightarrow$ Inflorescence : Solitary / cymose; often umbellate clusters.

$\rightarrow$ Flower : Bisexual; actinomorphic.

$\rightarrow$ Perianth : tepal six (3+3), often united into tube; valvate aestivation.

$\rightarrow$ Androcium : Stamen six, (3+3).

$\rightarrow$ Gynoecium : Tricarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior, trilocular with many ovules; axile placentation.

$\rightarrow$ Fruit : Capsule, rarely berry.

$\rightarrow$ Seed: Endospermous.

$\rightarrow$ Floral Formula $: \mathrm{Br}, \oplus, \varnothing, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{P}_{3+3}} \mathrm{~A}_{3+3} \mathrm{G}_{[3)}$