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ACADEMIC BOTANY. 



beautiful and extensive kingdom of the Lily (Fig. 5, 4), in 



which we find the Asphodel 

 (Fig. 56) and the Smilax 

 (Fig. 241). We have now 

 fully entered the domain of 

 insecl>fertilized flowers. 



87. Farther on comes the 

 Cuckoo-Pint (Fig. 57). 

 Here the flowers are dicli- 

 nous, small, and arranged on 

 a flower-stalk called a Spadix 

 (Gr. fruiting palm-branch), 

 which arises from a large, 

 flower -like bract called a 

 Spatha (L. sheath). 



Other spadix - bearing Orders 

 lead to the Palms (full-page illus- 

 tration, Lesson I.) ; here the spa- 

 dices are branching, and the spa- 



Fio. 55. — Wood-RuBb.(£wntZa sylvatica): 

 Of separate fl, 



thas are large, tough, and woody. 

 In one species (Maximiliana) the 

 spadioes are used as kettles and 

 cradles by the Indians of South 

 America. From Cuckoo - Pint to 

 Palm inclusive the Orders are some- 

 times called Spadiciferce (Spadix- 

 bearers). 



88. The Flowering - Rushes 



(Fig. 58) show us the highest 

 development in Endogens. 

 Each floral whorl is not only 

 free from the other whorls, but 

 the parts of each whorl are dis- 

 tinct (that is, separate from one 

 another). They bear a striking resemblance to the Butter 



Fio. 56.— White Asphodel (is;pliodelm 

 albuii\ floweting plant, with separate fl. 



