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FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 



The Faniih^ Philydraeeae is a small group consisting of a single 

 genus and four species, natives of the Indian archipelago. 



Fig. 40. — Spiderwort, Tradescantia brevicaulis. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Order LilUfiorae. 



This large and comprehensive group may be distinguished in the 

 main by having flowers with the six divisions of the perianth nearly 

 uniform in color and texture. It contains eight families, some of 

 them being among the largest of monoctyledonous groups. 



