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In the amaryllis family (AmaryUidacecB), a higher fam- 

 ily of the same general line, represented by species of iVY/r- 

 cissus (jonquils, daffodils, etc.), Agave, etc., the flowers 

 are distinctly epigynous. 



Fig. 228. Star-of-Bothlehcm iOrnithogalum) : a, entire plant with tuberous base and 

 trimerons flowers; b, a single flower; c, portion of flower !?howiiig relation of 

 parts, perianth lobes and stamens arising from beneath the i)rominent ovary (hy- 

 (l^ mature fruit; e, section of the syncarpous ovary, showing the three 



pogynous); 

 carpels and loculi. 



-After ScHiMPEH. 



In the iris family (Iridacece), the most highly specialized 

 family of the lily line, and represented by the various spe- 



