LILIACEOUS TYPE. 93 
and easily recognised by its racemes of bright-yellow asphodel- 
like flowers. In the former the filaments are exquisitely 
bearded in their upper half by bright-pink and orange hairs, 
which are produced downwards into two horn-like processes. 
Wig. 179. Sta- 
men of Ar- 
Hig. 176. Seed wy ows : 
oi Anthericum, Fig. 177. Flower Fig. 178. Stamen — thropodium 
long. section of Arthropodiunt Of eon Lie aie de- 
(mag.). (mag.). efore dehis- _hiseence 
cence (mag.), (mag.). 
Compare with all these, species of any of the following genera which 
are commonly met with in cultivation: Liliwn (Lily), Tulipa (Tulip), 
Hemerocaliis (Day-lily), Polianthes (Tuberose), Agapanthus, T'ritoma 
oe Poker), Muscarit (Grape Hyacinth), Scilla (Squills), Allcam 
(Onion, Leek, or Garlic), Hyacinthus (Hyacinth), Ornithogaluim (Star of 
Bethlehem), &e. 
(d.) The common Supple-jack (Rhipogonum scandens) be- 
longs to a somewhat different type. The long tough climbing 
stems bear simple petioled 3-nerved leaves, having netted vena- 
tion. _ The flowers have six perianth-leaves, 6 stamens, and a 
3-celled ovary, which ripens into a scarlet berry. In flower, 
each cell of the ovary contains a single ovule, but in ripening 
either one or two of the ovules become atrophied, so that, as a 
tule, the berry contains only one seed. ‘This has a thin testa 
and hard endosperm, enclosing a very small embryo. 
26. ORCHIDS. 
Several genera of orchidaceous plants are common in New 
Asaland, but they are usually so different in appearance from 
one another that it becomes a somewhat difficult matier to 
select typical species. In no group of plants are there so 
many interesting and varied contrivances to bring about cross- 
fertilisation, and therefore to the student who has studied the 
types we have already described orchids will repay close 
exainination. While it is impossible in a short space to go 
into details of many of the forms, it will be advisable to 
describe one or two somewhat fully. | 
Dendrobium cunninghamit is a species to be found in many 
parts of both Islands, particularly near the sea-coast. Itisa 
