MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS = 
2-4 in. long, peduncles enclosed by the spathe. Perianth hairy, 
blue, the upper lip with 2 yellow spots, tube 6-ribbed, curved, rather 
longer than the lobes. Ovary oblong. In ponds and slow streams.* 
9. JUNCACEZ. Rusu Famity. 
Grass-like perennial or annual herbs, mostly growing on 
wet soil. Stems. mostly erect but sometimes creeping, simple ~ 
or branched, naked or leafy and jointed. Leaves cylindrical, 
sheathing at the base, very slender and pointed or flattened 
and grass-like. Flowers in cymes or panicles, which may be 
very loose and spreading, or so compact as to form a head, 
sometimes with a rigid scape prolonged beyond the flower- 
cluster. Flowers usually bracted, perianth of 6 nearly equal 
scale-like persistent divisions. Stamens 3 or 6, inserted on 
the base of the perianth. Ovary free, 1 or 3 celled, many- 
ovuled. Style single, stigmas 3, usually hairy. Fruit a1 or 
3 celled, 3-many-seéded capsule. [Most species flower late in 
the season, and their identification is too difficult for one 
without considerable experience. | * 
10. LILIACEZ. Laity Famity. 
Mostly herbs. Flowers regular and symmetrical. Perianth 
free from the ovary. Stamens nearly always 6, one before 
each division of the perianth. Ovary usually 3-celled. Fruit 
_.a pod or berry, few—many-seeded. 
Except in the genus Trillium the divisions of the perianth 
are colored nearly alike. 
