. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. IRIS FAMILY 339 winged, often branched: flowers small, usually blue or bluish, soon wither- ing, in terminal 2-5-flowered umbels in a 2-leaved spathe; perianth seg- ments spreading, bristle-pointed: stamens 3, monadelphous; style 1 long; stigmas very slender; ovary 3-celled. S. angustifdlium, Mill. Grassy plants in tufts or clumps: scape 4-12 in., spathe single, sessile: flowers blue to purple, rarely white; petals notched and mucronate. In moist meadows, among grass. Summer. Common. 4. FREf
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. IRIS FAMILY 339 winged, often branched: flowers small, usually blue or bluish, soon wither- ing, in terminal 2-5-flowered umbels in a 2-leaved spathe; perianth seg- ments spreading, bristle-pointed: stamens 3, monadelphous; style 1 long; stigmas very slender; ovary 3-celled. S. angustifdlium, Mill. Grassy plants in tufts or clumps: scape 4-12 in., spathe single, sessile: flowers blue to purple, rarely white; petals notched and mucronate. In moist meadows, among grass. Summer. Common. 4. FREfiSIA. Freesia. Small, cormous plants with flat leaves: flowers white or yellowish, tubular, with a somewhat spread- ing limb, the tube generally curved: stem about 1 ft. high, bearing several erect flowers on a sidewise cluster. Popular florists' plants of easy culture and quick growth. F. refracta, Klatt. Fig. 498. Leaves narrow: flower usually somewhat 2-lipped or irregular, white in the most popular forms but yellowish in some, often with blotches of yellow; fragrant. Cape of Good Hope. 5. GLADIOLUS. Gladiolus. Tall, erect plants, with flat, strong-veined leaves, the stem arising from a corm (Fig. 54): flowers in a more or less 1-sided terminal spike, short-tubed, the limb flaring and somewhat unequal: stamens separate (united in some related genera): style long, with 3 large stigmas. G. gandavensis, Van Houtte. Fig. 499. Upper seg- ments of the perianth nearly horizontal: colors various and bright: spikes long. Hybrid of two or more species from 499. Gladiolus the Cape of Good Hope. Summer and fall. The common gaDdavensis. gladioli of gardens are greatly hybridized. VIII. Orchid Family. Perennial herbs, distinguished by singular and extremely irregu- lar perfect flowers, among the most ornamental and interesting of native and exotic plants, curiously adapted, in most cases, to insect pollination; many air-plants (epiphytes) of the tropics and warmer regions als
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