THE MOR^A AND GLADIOLUS FAMILY. 261 



If the reader will compare the flower of GlacViolus 

 with that of Leono'tis (Fig. 85), it will be seen that the 

 modification for pollination is precisely the same, as 

 well as in Duvernoi'a (Fig. 13), and indeed in many- 

 other flowers of quite different families. 



The cultivated kinds of 

 GlacViolus are in many cases 

 hybrids between wild South 

 African species, and bear much 

 larger and handsomer flowers 

 in consequence. 



Fig. \Ql.—Glad'iolus. 



General Description of the 

 Moroea and Gladiolus Familij. 



Herbs — With bulbs, corms, 

 or rhizomes. 



Leaves — Narrow, ensiform, 

 or " sword-like." 



Flowers — Perianth, superior, tubular, limb regular or 

 irregular ; stamens, 3, free or united, and adherent to 

 the perianth ; anthers, extrorse ; ovary, inferior, issuing 

 from a sheathing bract. 



Fridt — Capsule, 3-celled. 



