LILBURNE, Ill'bern, John, English sectary and political agitator: b. Thickney Puncharden, County Durham, about 1614; d. Eltham, Kent. 29 Aug. 1657. For putting forth tracts hostile to the Anglican Church he was whipped and imprisoned in 1637, but was released by the Long Parliament in 1640, and his conviction having been declared illegal and tyrannic, he received $15,000 indemnity. He then joined the army and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was one of the party known as the "Level lers" (q.v.), and for his attacks an Cromwell and others was several times committed to the Tower. Having been exiled and having re turned without leave, he was put in prison and tried for his life, but was acquitted although not liberated for some time. Subsequently he be came a member of the Society of Friends. Hume describes him as "the most turbulent, but also the most upright and courageous of men.* LILIACE/E, 10-1-a'se-E, or LILY FAMILY, one of the most important orders of plants because of the uses made by man of many of its species, about 2,500 of which are comprised in nearly 200 genera. The character
istics of the group are monocotyledonous seeds; usually herbaceous stems which arise from bulbous, tuberous or rarely fibrous roots; generally narrow, simple leaves; and six-parted or toothed flowers, solitary or arranged in vari ous ways, such as panicles, racemes, etc. In habit, many are adapted to deserts, some to ponds and streams, others are climbers, etc. Among those useful for food may be men tioned asparagus, onion, garlic, leek, chive, rocambole, shallot, camass and various species of lilies. A very large number of species are used for ornament ; for example, lily, hyacinth, tulip, fritillary, lily-of-the-valley, tuberose, al Hum and yucca. Several species of Xanthorea and Draceena yield useful resins; some of the genus Chloragalum furnish a substitute for soap; and certain species of yucca, sanseveria and of other genera yield valuable fibres. Iso lated species of various genera have been used in medicine.