MONOCOTYLEDONES 



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inserted on the perianth or summit of the ovary ; anthers 2- 

 celled, introrse. Ovary inferior ; 3-oeIled ; placentas axile. 

 Fruit capsular, 3-ceUed, 3-valved, with loouHcidal dehiscence 

 and numerous seeds ; or baccate, with 1 — 3 seeds. Seeds with 

 fleshy or horny albumen, sometimes carunculate ; embryo 

 with the radicle turned to, or remote from, the hilum. 



Fig. 947. 



Fig. 948. 



Fig. 949. 



Fig, 947. Diagram of the flower of tliia Spring Suowflake (AmarylUdacem), 

 witli six divisious to the perianth arranged in two whorls, six stamens, 



and a 3-celled OTary with axile placentation. Fig. 948. The perianth of 



the Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus) cut open in a vertieal manner. 



t. Tube bearing six stamens. I. Limb of the perianth, n. Corona. 



Fig. 949. Vertical section of the flower of the Spring Snowflake (Leucojum 

 vernurri). Fig. 950. Vertical section of the seed of the same. 



Diagnosis. — Leaves with parallel veins. Flowers spatha- 

 ceous. Perianth superior, petaloid, commonly regular, 6-partite, 

 frequently with a corona. Stamens 6 ; anthers introrse. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-celled, with axile placentation. Fruit capsular, 3- 

 valved, with loouhcidal dehiscence, or baccate. Seeds numerous, 

 albuminous. 



Distribution and Numbers. — Natives of many parts of the 

 world, but, lUie the Iridacese, most abundant at the Cape ot 



