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more in each cell, with horny or fleshy endosperm. 

 The embryo is small, straight or curved. 



Some flowers have honey, others pollen only. 

 There are sham nectaries in Herb Paris. The flowers, 

 being attractive, are usually pollinated by insects. 

 Many possess a delicious scent as Lily-of -the- Valley. 



In the case of the capsular fruits, the fruits are 

 usually partly wind-dispersed, the berries dispersed 

 by birds, etc. 



So large a group contains naturally many notable 

 types. In particular a large proportion of our garden 

 plants of surpassing beauty, such as the Hyacinth, 

 Tulip, etc., is drawn from the Lily-of-the- Valley 

 group. Some, as the Onion, Garlic, Asparagus, are 

 vegetables. Fibres are yielded by the New Zealand 

 Flax and other plants. Some plants, such as the 

 Aloe, Meadow Saffron, are employed in medicine. 

 Resins are derived from Xanthorrhea and Dracana. 



Butcher's Broom {Ruscus actdeatus). 



From the habit of growth this plant is called 

 Butcher's Broom. It is indeed the only British type 

 which has the shrub habit, and it is not bulbous like 

 the majority of the Lily-of-the-Valley group. It is 

 moreover also an evergreen. The name Ruscus was 

 given by Virgil. In shops in Gerard's time it was 

 termed Bruscus. The second Latin name refers to 

 the prickly leaves or phylloclades. 



This is an interesting example of a plant in which 

 the leaves are replaced by flattened branches or 



