Identifier: naturalhistoryof02kern (find matches)
Title: The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898 Oliver, Francis Wall, 1864- Macdonald, Mary Frances Ewart Busk, Marian Balfour, Lady
Subjects: Botany
Publisher: London, Blackie
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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^15^^^^^ ^ Vis- 415 — IHcc-a gloiiusa (fioiu a i)liotugrai.li). They include Convallaria majalis the Lily of the Valley (fig. 412 7), Polygonatum,Aspidistra, Asparagus, Trillium, Ruscus (vol. i. p. 333), and Herb Paris (Parisquadrifolia)—the last-named with the parts of its flowers in fours. (6) Smila-coidecB, which include climbers with net-veined leaves, e.g. Smilax. ANGlOSPERlVMi:, MONOCOTYLEDOXES. 733
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Fig 41G —^■Echmea paniculata (after liaillon). 734 THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Amaryllidaceae.—Resemble Liliaceae, but have inferior ovaries, and in manycases a corona to the perianth. They include the Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis,fig. 412 2), Snowflake (Leucojum vernum, fig. 412^), Clivia, Amaryllis, Crinum,Narcissus (with well-marked corona, tig. 248, p. 177); also, Agave and Fourcroya(cf. vol. i. p. 657). Iridacece.—Resemble Amaryllidaceae, except that they have three stamens only,with extrorse dehiscence. The stigmas are commonly very conspicuously developed.They include the Iris (figs. 412^ and 265), Crocus (fig. 223, p. 113), Gladiolus, theflowers of the last-named being slightly zygomorphic, and many others. Bromeliacecc.—Possess distinct calyx and corolla. Ovary superior or inferior;fruit a berry or capsule. The family is tropical American, and very many of itsmembers are epiphytes, showing interesting adaptations to this particular mode oflife. The acc

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