THE MONOCOTYLEDONES 



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pollinated by night-flying Hawkmoths, while L. hulbiferum is 

 pollinated by large butterflies. Other species, such as L. chalce- 

 dunicum and L. tigriniini, appear to be self-pollinated though 

 nectar is abundantly secreted from the base of each perianth 

 segment. L. bulbiferum is also reproduced by bulbils developed 

 in the leaf axils. In most species with pendulous flowers the 

 capsules when ripe stand upright so that the seeds can only 



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Fig. 1939. — Liliiim (Cardiocnniim) giganteum . Flowering plants 

 cultivated in a woodland glade. 



escape when they are shaken. Many species and hybrids of 

 Lilies are in cultivation and some, such as L. henry/' which grows 

 to 7 ft. and L. (Cardiocrimim) giganteum from the Himalayas, 

 which may reach 12 ft., are extremely striking garden plants 



(Fig. 1939)- 

 Scilleae. Rootstock a truncated bulb. Leaves usually few and 

 grouped in a cluster at the base of the scapose raceme. Perianth 

 segments free or partly connate. Stamens six, free or rarely 

 united. Ovary trilocular. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Scilla, 



