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PART III. THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS. 



the genera with a corona are the many species of Narcissus ; N. (Corbnlarin) 

 Bulbocodium, the Hooped Petticoat Daffodil ; N. (Ajax) Pseudo-narcissus, the 

 common Daffodil ; N. (QueUia) Jonquilla, the Jonquil, and N. inconiparubiUs 

 the Star Daffodil ; N. poeticus, the Poet's or Pheasant's Eye Narcissus ; N. 

 Taz?tta, the Cluster Narcissus : also the genera Pancratium and Eucharis. 



Fam. 2. Afiavoidece : stem not subterranean, short or elongated into a 

 trunk. Here belong the genera Agave (incl. Bonapartea) and Fourcroya. 

 Aaare americana, commonly known as the false or American Aloe, is a native 

 of Mexico but has been naturalised in Southern Europe. The short stem 

 bears a rosette of large thick prickly leaves : when it has attained sufficient 

 vigour in Southern Europe in from 10 to 20 years it throws up a scape 20-30 

 feet high, which branches and bears a large number of flowers in a pyramidal 

 panicle. 



Fam. 3. Uypoxi^oid-ce : subterranean stem a rhizome, bearing a terminal 

 flowering-shoot. Alstroemeria, the Peruvian Lily, has a leafy flowering-shoot 



and the habit of a Lily. 



The British species of the 

 order are the common Daffodil, 

 the Snowdrop, and the Snow- 

 flakes. 



Order 2. 



K3, 03, ^13 + 0, GW. The 

 flower is sometimes zygo- 

 morphic : stamens some- 

 times monadelphous ; the 

 anthers are extrorse : the 

 fruit is usually a trilocular 

 loculicidal capsule. 



Fam. 1. CROCOIDE^E : flowers 

 actinoru orphic, terminal, single, 

 with sometimes other axillary 

 flowers, each invested by a 

 spathe : stem, a corm. 



To this family belong, 

 amongst others, the genera 

 Crocus and Romulea. Many 

 species of Crocus (e.g. G. aureus, 

 bijiorus, speciosus, vernus, etc.) 

 are cultivated ; C. nations is the 

 Saffron Crocus, the dried stig- 

 mata of which are termed Saf- 

 fron : the only indigenous 

 British species is C. nudijiurus 



which is autumn-flowering. Romulea (Trichonema) Columns occurs in the 



Channel Islands. 



FIG. 373. Diagram of the flower of Iris, and view 

 of the same after the removal of the perianth: s 

 peduncle ; /inferior ovary; r tubular portion of the 

 perianth; pa the insertion of the outer, pi of the 

 inner leaves of the perianth ; st stamen ; a anther ; 

 n n n the three pelaloid stigmata (nat. size). 



