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5. Amaryllidaceae : herbs or shrubs of various habit and cymose infl. 



on scape, of $ reg. or [ fls.;_P 3 + 3 petaloid, A 3 + 3 usu. intr., 

 often with stipular corona, G (3), rarely ^-in(., 3-loc. with oo ov.; 

 caps, or berry. 



6. Velloziaceae : herbs or shrubs with linear crowded 1. and term. sol. 



j? Ye S- 3-merous fls. on long stalks; P petaloid, A 6 or 6 bundles, 

 G (3), 3-loc. with oo ov. on lamellar plac.; caps.; endosp. 



7. Taccaceae : perenn. herbs with tubers and large entire or cymosely 



branched 1., and cymose umbels of reg. fls. with long thread-like 

 br. ; P 3 + 3, petaloid, A 3 + 3, G (3), i-loc. with parietal plac., 

 6 petaloid stigs. and oo ov.; caps, or berry. 



8. Dioscoreaceae : climbing herbs with usu. tuberous rhiz. and alt. or 



opp. often sagittate L; fls. in racemes, homochlam., $ or 3 , 

 reg. ; P sepaloid, usu. united, with tube, A 3 + 3, inner sometimes 

 stds., G (3), 3- or i-loc., usu. with 2 ov. to each, styles 3 or 6; 

 caps, or berry ; endosp. 



9. Iridaceae: perenn. herbs or undershrubs with equitant 1. and term. 



cymose infl. of $ reg. or -I- fls.; P 3 + 3 homo- or hetero-chlam., 

 A 3 extr., G (3), 3-loc. with 3 styles sometimes divided and leafy, 

 ov. oo, rarely i-loc. ; caps.; endosp. 



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i. Musaceae : very large herbs with 'false' stem, or trees, with cpd. 

 infl. with large often petaloid br. and $ or <f ? , [ homo- or hetero- 

 chlam. fls.; P 3 + 3, petaloid, often united, A 3 + 2 and std., 

 G (3)> 3'1 C< with i oo ov. in each; berry or caps.; endosp. 

 and perisp. 



i. Zingiberaceae : perenn. herbs with tuberous rhiz. and lane, petiolate 

 1., with ligule and simple or cpd. infls. of usu. $ -|- fls.; K (3), 

 C (3) forming tube below, A i (of inner whorl, with labellum opp. 

 to it of 2 inner stds., and sometimes 2 outer stds.) G (3), usu. 

 3-loc. with oo ov. ; caps.; usu. aril; endosp. and perisp. 



3. Cannaceae : perenn. herbs with large 1. and cpd. infl. of showy 



heterochlam. $ asymmetric fls.; K 3, C (3), A i 5, only half of 

 i inner sta. fertile, the other half, and rest, petaloid stds., G (3), 

 3-loc. with oo ov. ; caps. ; endosp. and perisp. 



4. Marantaceae: perenn. herbs with 2-ranked 1. with pulvinus at end 



of stalk, and heterochlam. $ asymmetric fls.; P 3 + 3, A 4 5, 

 only i inner half fertile, as in last, the_2 other inner and i 2 

 outer petaloid (i inner usu. hoodlike), G (3), 3-loc. or i-loc. by 

 suppression, with i ov. in each; aril; caps.; endosp. and perisp. 



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1. Burmanniaceae : green or saproph. herbs with sol. or cymose fls.; 



p (3 + 3) or 3 + 3. A 3 + 3 or 3, G (3), 3- or i-loc. ; caps., oo seeds; 

 endosp. 



2. Orchidaceae: perenn. herbs of various form, often epiph. with 



pseudobulbs, and $ , i , usu. resupinated, homo- or hetero-chlam. 

 fls.; P 3 + 3, A i or 2, united with style of G (3) i-loc. to form a 

 column ; pollen in tetrads usu. united to pollinia, stigmas 3, 

 the third usu. rudimentary or forming a rostellum, ovules oo ; 

 caps.; no endosp. 



