POPULAR FLORA. 



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CLASS II. — ENDOGENS OR MOXOCOTYLEDONS. 



Stem having tlie wood in threads or bundles, interspersed among the piih or 

 cellular part, not forming a ring or layer, and not increasing by annual layers. 



Leaves parallel-veined, not branching and forming meshes of network. To this 

 some Arums, Trillium, Greenbrier, &c. are exceptions, having more or less netted 

 veins. 





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500 Endosrenoiis stem of one re.-xr nl'I, shown in a Corn-stalV. 5"! Ona of several years oM, of Palmetto. 

 Piir:illel-vpinc'l leaves cl' tlie t\vo kijicU : 502 that of Lily of the ValUy ; 5 3. one ofCalla 501. Mas'nifiel 

 section of the seed of Iris, showing llie small moaocotylejonous embryo. 6l.5. Planllet of Iris growing from 

 the teed. 



Flowers with their parts mostly three or six, never five. 



Emhryo monocotyledonous, i. c. of only one true seed-leaf: so in 

 germination the leaves are all alternate or one above another. 



Except the Palmetto and one or two Yuccas at the South (Fig. 

 79), and some Greenbriers, all the Endogcns of this country are herbs. 

 In warmer climates there are many Palms and other vv'oody plants of tlie class, all 

 having an appearance very different from our common trees and shrubs (113,. 114). 



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