. A Manual of botany : being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants . Botany. BEOMELIAOEiBâLILIACE^. 613 to grow -without any direct attachment to the soil. In hothouses they are frequently kept suspended in moistened moss. Some of the Tillandsias are hung from balconies in South America as air-plants. Tillandsia iisneoides has the appearance of the Beard-moss (Alec- toria juhata, a British tree-lichen), and is used for stuflBng cushions, â etc. The plant has been called Tree-beard, Old-man's-beard, or. Black Moss. The leaves of Tillandsias freq
. A Manual of botany : being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants . Botany. BEOMELIAOEiBâLILIACE^. 613 to grow -without any direct attachment to the soil. In hothouses they are frequently kept suspended in moistened moss. Some of the Tillandsias are hung from balconies in South America as air-plants. Tillandsia iisneoides has the appearance of the Beard-moss (Alec- toria juhata, a British tree-lichen), and is used for stuflBng cushions, â etc. The plant has been called Tree-beard, Old-man's-beard, or. Black Moss. The leaves of Tillandsias frequently contain much water in their hollowed-out bases. The fruit of Ananassa sativa is well known as the Pine-apple or Ananas (fig. 280, p. 190). It is an anthocarp- ous fruit, consisting of numerous flowers and bracts united together, and becoming succulent. The fruit is more or less acid in the wUd ^tate, but when cultivated it becomes sweet and highly aromatic. The fibres of the leaves are used in the manufacture of fine muslins. The woody fibres of many Bromelias are used in manufactures. Bro- melia Pinguin is used as a vermifuge in the West Indies. Its ovaries do not combine into one mass, and therefore illustrate well the forma- tion of the Pine-apple. The crown of the Pine-apple consists of the leaves arising from the prolonged axis (fig. 570, p. 316/.) h. HypogynaâOvary superior, Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Order 197.âLiliace^, the Lily Family. (Mono-Perigyn. and Mono-Hypog.) Flowers usually bisexual. Perianth coloured, in 2 rows, regular, with 6 divisions (figs. 283, 284, p. 192; 8,58, 859). .Stamens 6 (fig. 637, p. 365), perigynous, inserted into the segments. Fig. 858. Fig. 859. Fig. 800. Fig. 861. of the perianth (figs. 283, p. 192; 858, 860); anthers introrse (fig. 860 e). Ovary free, 3-celled (fig. 859) ; ovules 00; style 1; stigma simple or 3-lobed (figs. 283, 284, p. 192; 860 «). Fruit 3-celled, Pigs. 858-861. Organs of fructification of Scilla autumna
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