. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. n 486. Richardia africana. 4' CALLA. Water Arum. Differs from the above in having a spathe which does not inclose the spadix, and mostly perfect flowers (the upper ones sometimes staminate), each of 6 stamens and 1 ovary: fruit a red berry. One species. C. paliistris, Linn. True calla. Fig. 487. Leaves about 1 ft. high, the blades arrow-shaped: spathe about 2 in. long, white on the upper face. In cold bogs, north. 5. ACORUS. Sweet Flag. Calamus. Erect, having long, horizontal, branching root
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. n 486. Richardia africana. 4' CALLA. Water Arum. Differs from the above in having a spathe which does not inclose the spadix, and mostly perfect flowers (the upper ones sometimes staminate), each of 6 stamens and 1 ovary: fruit a red berry. One species. C. paliistris, Linn. True calla. Fig. 487. Leaves about 1 ft. high, the blades arrow-shaped: spathe about 2 in. long, white on the upper face. In cold bogs, north. 5. ACORUS. Sweet Flag. Calamus. Erect, having long, horizontal, branching root-stocks, thick and aromatic: leaves sword-shaped, rising from the rootstocks: scapes 3-angled, bearing each a cylindric spadix, but much prolonged and leaf-like, causing the spadix to appear as if borne on the side of the leaf-like scape: flowers on a very dense spadix: ovary oblong, 2-4-celled, with 2-8 ovules in each cell. A. Calamus, Linn. Sweet flag. Calamus-root. Along the margins of streams, in swamps and wet soils. Leaves 2-3 ft.: flowers greenish-yellow, very small. May to July. The rootstocks supply "sweet flag roots" of the druggists. IV. LILIACE^E. Lily Herbs, with bulbs, corms, or large rootstocks: fls. mostly regular and showy, the perianth of 6 separate or coherent parts, the stamens usually 6 and standing in front of the parts of the perianth: ovary superior, usually 3-loculed, ripen- ing into a capsule or berry. About 200 genera, including more than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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