140 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 



parted, sometimes widely, from the ancestral type, 

 but even in them the " three-by-three " plan may 

 be distinguished. 



The palmettos of the Carolinas bear flowers 

 much like those of grasses. 



FIG. 30. A lily-flower. 



(From the Vegetable World.) World) 



And so we come to these . monocotyledons 

 which, having diverged most widely from the 

 primitive type, are most perplexing to the bota- 

 nist, the calla and her poor relations, and the cat- 

 tail flags. 



Incredible as it may sound, the calla is not a 

 flower, and the snowy "spathe" which enfolds its 



