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to the characters in the key. Brimsvigia has a long ovary 

 tapering down into the stalk. Cyrtanthus may be known by 

 its long perianth tube and hollow 

 scape. The flowers are slightly 

 protandrous, but in Buphane the 

 stigma is bent, and can, if neces- 

 sary, brush out the pollen from its 

 own or neighbouring flowers. 



Order Iride^e. 



Besides the characters given 

 in the key, the ovary of the 

 Irideae is 3-celled with many 

 ovules. Fruit a 3-celled cap- 

 sule splitting down the centre of 

 each carpel. The Irideae are 

 mostly perennial herbs with dry 

 narrow leaves. Rootstock a corm, 

 rarely a rhizome or fibrous. 



Differing from the Amaryl- 

 lidacese in the absence of the 

 inner circle of stamens. 



Fig. iqS.— Hcpjnani/nts coccinens. 



Sub-order I. MoR^^. — Flowers in corymbs ; fading quickly, each 

 flower appearing one after the other from one bract. Stamens 

 opposite the style branches and pressed closely against them. 



Uoraea. — Style-branches of large petal-like crests with a horizontal 

 stigma on the under side at the base of each crest. 



Homeria.— Crests of style branches small, spreading, shortly fringed 

 around the edges. 



Ferraria. — Crests of style small, petaloid, 2-lobed, deeply fringed 

 around the edges. 



Hexagloltis. — Style branches long and slender, deeply forked. 



Sub-order II. Sisyrinche^. — Flowers in corymbs, fading quickly. 

 Stamens alternate with the style branches. 

 Tribe I. Galaxiece. — Bracts with one flower. 

 Galazia. — Bracts down in the centre of a rosette of leaves. Stamens 



monadelphous. Stigma shield-like. 

 Syringoidea. — As in Galaxia, but stamens free. Style with three 



wedge-shaped branches. 

 Eomulea. — Bracts raised on a scape. 



