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larger flowers than those of the previous family, and they are less 

 clustered and often provided with tubular perianths owing to 

 the cohesion of the perianth segments. The fruit is a berry, 

 unlike the majority of the families of this order. Here belong 

 the asparagus, the false and true Solomon's seal, Indian cucum- 

 ber, Trillium, and the closely related Swdlax, etc. The Lily 

 family includes nearly one half of the members of the order and 



FIG. 288. Lower forms of the Liliales : A, a common rush, Juncus, 

 showing grass-like appearance of the stem and inflorescence. B, a flower 

 enlarged, showing the lily type. C, white hellebore, Veratrum. D, flower 

 enlarged, showing the partial coherence of the carpels of this primitive 

 type of the Liliales. 

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