. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 286 CLASSIFICATION The Order possesses many species, with homo- gamous bee-flowers. Agave FurcrcBa and most other Amaryllidece, as well as Sanseviera and Aletris among LiliacecB, are good examples of xerophytes with their thick suc- culent leaves clothed with a thick Fig. 259.—Crinum asiaticunt Nat. Order 8. Iridacem.—?>\rc\\\ to Amaryllidacece, from which it differs in having 3 stamens instead of 6. This is a large temperate and S. African family, un- important in India and the tropics generally. Com- mon plants: dasbai-chandi {Belamcanda
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 286 CLASSIFICATION The Order possesses many species, with homo- gamous bee-flowers. Agave FurcrcBa and most other Amaryllidece, as well as Sanseviera and Aletris among LiliacecB, are good examples of xerophytes with their thick suc- culent leaves clothed with a thick Fig. 259.—Crinum asiaticunt Nat. Order 8. Iridacem.—?>\rc\\\ to Amaryllidacece, from which it differs in having 3 stamens instead of 6. This is a large temperate and S. African family, un- important in India and the tropics generally. Com- mon plants: dasbai-chandi {Belamcanda chinensis), common in gardens all over India, blossoms in the rains and ripens its seeds in the cold season; jafran or saffron {Crocus sativus) (fig. 260) is a Cashmere plant, the dried styles and stigmas of which yield the jafran. 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 Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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