Classification of Plants 27 1 



Antholyza. — Perianth tube suddenly widening at the 



1S 



Fig. 244. — Gladiolus cardinalis , Curt. 



middle, often twisted below. Seeds large, globose, not winged. 



Order H^modorace/e. 



("The blood roots.") 



Flowers perfect. Perianth regular or nearly so. Stamens 

 6, or 3 opposite the petals. Ovary wholly or partly superior, 

 or inferior. Fruit 3-celled or becoming i -celled. Seeds one, 

 few, or many. Herbs often covered with dense hairs. Never 

 bulbous. Leaves often in two rows and firm. Roots often 

 with a blood-red juice. Flowers in panicles. The order forms 

 a connecting link between Liliaceae and Iridaceae, Amaryl- 

 lidaceae and Orchidacese. Herbs with panicled inflorescence. 



Perianth remaining hairy, persistent. 

 Wachendorfia.— Stamens 3. Fruit free, 3-celIed. 

 Barberetta.— Stamens 3. Fruit free, i-celled. 



