. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. ANGIOSPERM^, MONOCOTYLEDONES. 731 Liliastrum, a beautiful alpine plant; Hemerocallis, the Day Lily; Phormium tenax, the New Zealand Flax (fig. 414), the leaves of which yield a valuable fibre; Kniphofia, whose dense spikes resemble a red-hot poker, cultivated in gardens; the Aloes and their allies, chiefly African, with a permanent aerial branch-system; finally, the Australian Grass-trees ( Xanthorrhcea hastilis, shown in Plate XVI.), often a conspicuous feature in the landscape, and with its lon
. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. ANGIOSPERM^, MONOCOTYLEDONES. 731 Liliastrum, a beautiful alpine plant; Hemerocallis, the Day Lily; Phormium tenax, the New Zealand Flax (fig. 414), the leaves of which yield a valuable fibre; Kniphofia, whose dense spikes resemble a red-hot poker, cultivated in gardens; the Aloes and their allies, chiefly African, with a permanent aerial branch-system; finally, the Australian Grass-trees ( Xanthorrhcea hastilis, shown in Plate XVI.), often a conspicuous feature in the landscape, and with its long spicate inflorescence sometimes attaining a height of 3 metres or more. This plant yields a valuable gum. (3) Allioidece, usually bulbous, and having flowers. Fig. 414.—Phormium tenax, the New Zealand flax. in umbels. They include the Onion tribe (AUium^ cf. fig. 311, p. 386), of which A. cepa the Onion, A. porrum the Leek, A. ascalonicum the Shallot, A. sativum the Garlic, A. schoenoprasum the Chive, and A. scorodoprasuTn the Rocambole, are cultivated. Oagea (fig. 412^) also belongs to this group. (4) Lilioidece have bulbs, anthers introrse, and loculicidal capsules. Styles generally united. They include numerous familiar and beautiful plants: Lilium (45 STpecies), Fritillaria (40 species), Urythroriium the Dog-tooth Violet, Tulipa (50 species), Scilla, Hyacinthus, Ornithogalum the Star of Bethlehem, Muscari, &c. (5) Braccenoidece is an interesting tribe, as it includes the Yuccas and Dracaenas, which possess a per- manent aerial system, which exhibits what is very exceptional amongst Monocoty- ledons, a secondary thickening of the stem. Draccena Draco, the Dragon-tree of. 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 Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898; Oliver, F. W. (Francis Wall), 1864-1951;
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