MONOCOTYLEDONES 



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inserted on the perianth or summit of the ovary ; antliers 2- 

 celled, introrse. Ovary inferior ; 3-ceUed ; placentas axile. 

 Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 3-valved, with locuhcidal dehiscence 

 and numerous seeds ; or baccate, with 1 — 3 seeds. Seeds with 

 fleshy or horny albumen, sometimes carunculate ; emh^-yo 

 with the radicle turned to, or remote from, the hilum. 



Fig. 947. 



Fig. 948. 



Fig. 949. 



Fig. 950. 



Fig. 947. Diagram of the flower of the Spring Siiowflake (AmaryJlidacce), 

 with six divisious to the perianth arranged in two whorls, six stamens, 



and a 3-celled ovary with axile placeutatiou. Fuj. 948. The perianth of 



the Daffodil (Xarcisxus Pseudo-narcissus) cut opeu in a vertical manner. 



t. Tube bearing six stamens. I. Limb of the perianth, n. Corona. 



Fig. 949. Vertical section of the flower of the Spring Snowtiake {Leucojum 

 vcrnum). Fig. 950. Vertical section of the seed of the same. 



Diagnosis. — Leaves with parallel veins. Flowers spatha- 

 ceous. Perianth superior, petaloid, commonly regular, 6-partite, 

 frequently with a corona. Stamens 6 ; anthers introrse. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-celled, with axile placentation. Fruit capsular, 3- 

 valved, with locuhcidal dehiscence, or baccate. Seeds numerous, 

 albuminous. 



Distribution and Numbers. — Natives of many parts of the 

 world, but, like the Iridacea;, most abundant at the Cape ot 



