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introrse ; ovary 3-celled ; ovules numerous ; 

 style single ; stigma usually 3-lobed ; fruit 

 capsular, 3-celled, or succulent and inde- 

 hiscent. Natives of warm and tropical 

 countries. Species of Musa yield the Banana 

 and Plantain. 



III. ORDER. NAECISSALS (Narcissales). 



Flowers symmetrical; stamens 3-6; seeds al- 

 buminous. 



1. FAMILY. Flags (Iridacese). Herbs, rarely under- 



shrubs ; roots tuberous or fibrous ; leaves 

 mostly equitant or distichous ; inflorescence 

 terminal, in spikes, corymbs, or panicles ; 

 bracts spathaceous ; perianth 6-parted, 

 coloured, in two whorls ; stamens three ; 

 anthers extrorse, 2-celled ; ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules numerous ; style one ; stigmas three, 

 often petaloid or bilabiate ; fruit capsular, 

 3-celled, 3-valved ; seeds numerous. Found 

 in warm and temperate regions, especially 

 abundant at the Cape of Good Hope. Yield 

 Saffron and Orris-root. 



2. FAMILY. Daffodils (Narcissacese). Herbs or 



shrubs ; bulbous or fibrous-rooted ; stem at 

 times woody and tall ; leaves ensiform ; 

 flowers spathaceous ; perianth regular, 6-cleft ; 

 stamens six, sometimes partially coherent ; 

 sometimes with additional sterile stamens ; 

 anthers introrse ; ovary 3-celled ; ovules 00 ; 

 style one; stigma 3-lobed; fruit capsular, 



