CLASS II 



MONOCOTYLEDONS 



DIVISION I 

 PERIANTH SUPERIOR AND OVARY INFERIOR 



Daffodil Family {Amaryllidacece). — This 

 family, like many other monocotyledonous plants, 

 is characterized by having a six-leaved perianth 

 instead of a calyx and corolla, these two whorls 

 being represented by the parts being nearly or 

 quite alike ; or at least both being petaloid. There 

 are six stamens and a pistil of three coherent 

 carpels. 



It only differs from the Lily family by having 

 an inferior ovary ; so that members of these two 

 families are at once distinguished by that feature. 



This family is represented in Great Britain by 

 three genera only, as follows : — 



Daffodil {Narcissus Pse2ido-7iarcisstis). — The 



bulbs of the Daffodil, as well as every other part 



of the plant, are powerfully emetic ; the flowers 



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