CH. XIII] 



THE MONOCOTYLEDONS 



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FIG. 379. Lemna 



6 perianth parts (two whorls). They 

 are pollinated by insects, and dissemi- 

 nated mostly through edible fruits by 

 animals. They include two principal 

 orders. 



ORDER 6. BROMELIALES (FARINOSE) : 

 THE BROMELIADS AND KIN. Some 2000 

 species, largely tropical, best known in 

 the Pineapple Family (Bromeliacece) , 

 which are largely epiphytes of the 

 rosette form (Fig. 127), having close 

 clusters of bright flowers with colored 

 bracts. Here belongs the Pineapple 



with its multiple fruit, though the plant minor; X 20. (FromLe 



is terrestrial, and also the southern Long Maout and Decaisne -> 

 Moss or Spanish Moss, a remarkable lichen-like epiphyte; 

 and many bright-flowered forms are grown in conservatories. 



In this order belong 

 also the Wandering 

 Jew, or Spiderwort, 

 of gardens, the com- 

 mon Pickerel Weed 

 of our streamsides, 

 and the floating 

 Water Hyacinth of 

 the south (Fig. 380), 

 grown in botanical 

 gardens. 



ORDER 7. LILIALES 



(LlLIIFLORd;) : THE 



LILIES AND KIN. 

 Some 5000 species, 

 mostly herbs with 

 large and beautiful, 



FIG. 380. The Water Hyacinth, Eichornia 

 crassipes; X j. 



The expanded petioles serve as floats. 



