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ovary so that the flower has become epigynous (Fig. 289, A). 

 This large family furnishes a number of showy flowers, as the 

 jonquil and daft'odil (Narcissus), amaryllis, snowflake, Crinum, 

 star grass, century plant, etc. The flowers of some genera be- 

 come irregular through the unequal development of certain leaves 

 of the perianth. The Iris family marks the culmination of the 

 variations noted in the order. The types of flower and fruit are 



Fig. 288. Lower forms of the Liliales: A, a common rush, Juncus, show- 

 ing grass-like appearance of the stem and inflorescence. B, a flower enlarged, 

 showing a lily type. C, white hellebore, Veratrum. D, flower enlarged, 

 showing the partial coherence of the carpels of this primitive type of the 

 Liliales. 



