MONOCOTYLEDONS. 



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cups (Ranunculus, Fig. 

 9, l), which show the high- 

 est development in Ex- 

 ogens. Yet the condition 

 of the embryo (monocot- 

 yledonous) retains the 

 Flowering-Rushes in En- 

 dogens. 



Fin. 57 — a, Cnckoo-Pint {Arum maculatum) ; 

 li, Bpadix ; c, fruit. 



89. Division II. Ovary Adherent (or 

 Inferior). Here the perianth segments 

 have their lower parts united into a tube 

 which adheres to the ovary ; the ovary is 

 therefore called adherent. This con- 

 dition of the ovary — whether free or 

 adherent — is a comparatively trivial 

 character; for we know (31) that the 

 values lessen in importance as they ,/«»• bs.— Fiowenng-iiiish 



T « , , 1 ■*■ *' {BuiomuB umbellatus) : umbel, 



recede trom the embryo. if. 



The Eel-Grass (Pig. 244) opens this division. It is closelj' allied to 

 the Flowering-Eush and Water-Plantain, mailing a continued series 

 from the most simple to the most complex t}'pes ; but the adherent 

 ovary separates it. The Yam comes next (Fig. 89) ; it has net-veined 

 leaves like the Smilax (Fig.' 241), but its ovary is adherent. 



In this division is the Amaryllis Family, which 

 gives us the Blood-Flower (Fig. 59). Here too are the 

 Orchids (Figs. 152, 153). Here is the Pineapple 

 Family (Fig. 212). The Banana (Fig. 60) closes the list 

 of Endogens; in her Order we find the Ginger (Fig. 



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