OPHKYS AiMFERA. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



IN this class the plumule, or bud, is in germination 

 developed from a sheath-like cavity on one side of 

 the embryo. 



Although among the Monocotyledonous orders we 

 do not meet with so many instances of adaptation 

 to insects as is the case in the Dicotyledons ; none 

 are more curious or interesting than those afforded 

 by the Orchidacese. 



ALISMACE.E. 



Alisma Plantago has rather small, pale, rose- 

 coloured flowers, forming a loose pyramidal panicle 



