. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. Fig. 35.—The large duckweed (Splrodela polyrhyza), natural size. Original. CHAPTER VIII. Order F<irinofia<\ Passing over the comparatively unimportant families Flagellaria- ceae, Restionaceae. and Centrolepidaceae, we come to the Family Mayacaceae. Mayaca family. This is represented by a single genus, Mayaca, with seven species, one of which, IL AuhJeti, reaches the southern United States. It is a delicate little creeping bpg plant, with a habit strongly suggestive of a moss, bearing slender peduncled star-shaped flowers with a per
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. Fig. 35.—The large duckweed (Splrodela polyrhyza), natural size. Original. CHAPTER VIII. Order F<irinofia<\ Passing over the comparatively unimportant families Flagellaria- ceae, Restionaceae. and Centrolepidaceae, we come to the Family Mayacaceae. Mayaca family. This is represented by a single genus, Mayaca, with seven species, one of which, IL AuhJeti, reaches the southern United States. It is a delicate little creeping bpg plant, with a habit strongly suggestive of a moss, bearing slender peduncled star-shaped flowers with a perianth composed of three sepals and three white or pink petals. (See Fig. 36.) Family Xyridaceae. Yellow-eyed Grass family. Two genera, ^yris knd Aholboda^ comprising about 60 species, The plants are. 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 Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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