. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig. 260. — Crocus sati'i'ii var. Cashmerianus st, Petalled stigma. or saffron of commerce. Iris nepalensis (fig. 261) is a bulbous herb of Nepal and the Khasi Hills. The brightly-coloured perianth, and often the petaloid styles, make the flowers conspicuous to butterflies and bees which visit them. Nat. Order 9. Dioscoreacece.— Climbing plants with fleshy tuberous, root-stocks, which are sometimes epigeal. Leaves re- ticulate (as in Dicotyledons), petiole often angled. Flowers small, unisexual, dioecious or monoecious in separate spikes. Perianth 6-partite
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig. 260. — Crocus sati'i'ii var. Cashmerianus st, Petalled stigma. or saffron of commerce. Iris nepalensis (fig. 261) is a bulbous herb of Nepal and the Khasi Hills. The brightly-coloured perianth, and often the petaloid styles, make the flowers conspicuous to butterflies and bees which visit them. Nat. Order 9. Dioscoreacece.— Climbing plants with fleshy tuberous, root-stocks, which are sometimes epigeal. Leaves re- ticulate (as in Dicotyledons), petiole often angled. Flowers small, unisexual, dioecious or monoecious in separate spikes. Perianth 6-partite, 2-seriate, superior. Stamens 6, epigynous. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, styles 3. Ovules I to 2 in each cell. Fruit a loculicidal cap- sule or berry. Seeds with albumen. The Order is chiefly tropical. Com- mon plants: Yams or chupri- or kham-, or sakar-kanda-aloo, which belong to the different species of the genus Dtos- corea, such as Dioscorea alata, D. alata, var. glo- bosa, &c. Observe the minute green bulbils often borne in the axils of the leaves of Dioscorea and the three-cornered or winged fruits of some of them. Stemona tuberosa is a common big Fig. a6i.—Iris nepalensis. 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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