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BOTANY 



PART II 



always sessile ; the underground portion is a tuberous or elongated 

 rhizome, less commonly a bulb. Capsule loculicidal. This family is 

 mainly represented in the Cape and the warmer parts of America. 



Fio. 804. Leucojum aestivum. 

 a, Inflorescence (reduced) ; b, 

 gynaeceum and androecium 

 (nat. size). (After SCHIMPER.) 



Fio. 805. Floral diagram of the 

 Iridaceae(Jm). ( After SCHENCK.) 



Fio. 806. Crocus sativus. Style with tripartite stigma. 

 (After BAILLON.) 



Crocus sativus, Saffron (Fig. 806), is a plant which has -long been cultivated in 

 the East ; it has a tuberous rhizome and narrow, grass-like leaves. The flowers 

 are sterile unless pollinated with pollen of the wild form. The large stigmas 



