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773. Iris persica L. Persian Iris. A choice house plant. 



774. Nemastylis acuta Herb. {N. geminiflora Nutt.) Twin-star-flower. 

 Prairies, S. E. K. ; occasional. Perianth-segments similar. May. (A) 



775. Belamcanda chinensis D. C. (Pardanthus Ker.) Blackberry-lily. 

 Frequently escapes from gardens; yet not fully naturalized. 



776. Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn. Prairie Blue-eyed-grass. Dry or 

 damp sloping prairies. E. K.; common. June (ASU) Sometimes white. 



777. Sisyrinchium kansanum (Bickn.) Kansas Blue-eyed-grass. Same 

 situations; merely a form of the preceding. 



778. Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. Blue-eyed-grass. Damp, sandy 

 prairies, E. K. ; frequent. May. (ASU) Violet and white varieties occur. 



779. Sisyrinchium gramineum Curtis. (S. anceps Cav.) Winged Blue- 

 eyed-grass. Damp woods and grassy meadows and slopes, E, K. ; commor . 

 May. (ASU) White flowers are common; violet ones are rarer. 



780. Tigridia pavonia Pars. Mexican Tiger-flower. Frequent in gar- 

 dens. 



781-783. Gladiolus communis L., tuherosa L., ensifolius Ker., and numer- 

 ous other species are raised m gardens. Gladiolus; Corn-flag; Sword-flag. 



784. Crocus vemus L., and other species, some of them for very early 

 spring flowers in the grass, are grown in gardens. 



Order XXIX. SCITAMINALES. The Dainties. 

 Inflorescence in panicles, racemes, spikes, or solitary. Flowers perfect 

 or polygamous, zygomorphous. Perianth in two series of three each, the 

 petals differing from the sepals, and all united below into a tube coherent 

 with ihe ovulary. Stamens one to five, with one to five staminodia. 

 Ovulary unilocular to trilocular, inferior; ovules one in each loculus, anat- 

 ropus. Embryo central, in copious albumen. 



Family 57. MusACE^. Banana Family. 

 Subtropical plants under cultivation, with leaves having distinct petiole 

 and blade with pinnate nervation. Inflorescence in terminal drooping 

 racemes. Perianth two-lipped, the lower lip three- to five-lobed and enclos- 

 ing the upper smaller one. Stamens five fertile and one staminodium bar- 

 ran. Anthers bisporangiate. Fruit a berry. 



785. Musa sapientum L. Banana. Occasionally cultivated in private 

 gardens for its immense foliage. Never fruits outdoors here. 



Family 58. Marantace^. Arrowroot Family. 



Tall herbs, perennial by thick rootstocks or tubers, or annual with 

 scapose or leafy stems. Inflorescence in terminal panicled spikes of heavily 

 bracted flowers. Perianth superior, its segments distinct or united below 

 into a tube. Fertile stamen one, with two double sporanges, one fertile, 

 the other barren. Staminodia five, petal-like, separate or united by their 

 bases and conforming to the requirements of a monosymmetrical flower. 

 Ovulary unilocular, sometimes with two additional minute empty loculi. 

 Base of staminodium-tube adnate to base of style or to the ovulary; stigma 

 two-lipped. Fruit capsular or berry-like; seeds one in the one loculus. 



786-787. Maranta ornata Linden. Ornate Arrowroot. In house cultiva- 

 tion, M. zebrina and other species are also found. 



788-790. Canna indica Roscoe, warszewiczii Diet., discolor, and other 

 species of canna are common in gardens. 



