SECT, II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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first foliage leaf ; this bud was already evident in the preceding season. Veratrum 

 album is a conspicuous herb with a rosette of large elliptical, longitudinally folded 

 leaves. The growth of the main axis is terminated by an inflorescence, which is a 

 panicle more than a metre in height ; the leaves borne on it have long sheaths 



The greenish -white llowers are 



and diminish in size from below upwards. 



Fio. 765. — a-e, OniitJwgalum umhellatum: a, entire plant (reduced); b, flower (nat. size); r, flower, 

 part of perigone and androecium removed ; d, fruit ; e, fruit in transverse section, f-g, Colrhi- 

 cum autumnale : /, fruit in trans\'erse section ; g, section through seed showing endosperm (c). 

 (c-ij magnifled.) 



polygamous, i.e. partly hermaphrodite and partly unisexual ; the ovary bears three 

 widely-spreading styles. 



Such popular flowers as Tulipa (Fig. 25), Hyacinthus, Liliuvi, 3Tuscari, and 

 Scilla, and vegetables as Allium, together with Urginca (Fig. 766), which occurs 

 in the Mediterranean region, belong, on the other hand, to the Lilieae. Ornitho- 

 galuiii umhellatum (Fig. 765) will serve as an example of this group. In autumn 

 the plant consists of a bulb, each of the fleshy scales of which has a scar at the 

 upper end ; numerous roots spring from the base of the bulb. The bulb-scales are 

 more or less grown together. In the axil of the innermost scale is the stalk of the 



