. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 276 CLASSIFICATION ture of the wood, which is more of the Monocoty- ledonous type. Class 2.âMONOCOTYLEDONS Sub-class I. Petaloide^ Series i.âHypogynea: Ovary superior Nat. Order i. LihacecB.âYi&xhs, rarely shrubs, with fibrous roots, or a creeping root-stock, or a bulb, or a corm. Leaves cauline or radical. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, solitary or in clusters; bracts small, scari- ous or spathe-like. Perianth petaloid, inferior, usually 6- merous, in two series. Sta- mens 6, hypogynous, free. Carpels 3, connate in a su- perior 3-celled ovary, with 2 o
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 276 CLASSIFICATION ture of the wood, which is more of the Monocoty- ledonous type. Class 2.âMONOCOTYLEDONS Sub-class I. Petaloide^ Series i.âHypogynea: Ovary superior Nat. Order i. LihacecB.âYi&xhs, rarely shrubs, with fibrous roots, or a creeping root-stock, or a bulb, or a corm. Leaves cauline or radical. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, solitary or in clusters; bracts small, scari- ous or spathe-like. Perianth petaloid, inferior, usually 6- merous, in two series. Sta- mens 6, hypogynous, free. Carpels 3, connate in a su- perior 3-celled ovary, with 2 or more ovules in each cell. Fruit a capsule or berry, usually 3 - celled. Seeds with albumen. The^ Order is both tropical and temperate. Common plants: Onion or pianj {^Allium, Cepa); Garlic or rasun {Allium sativum), and the Indian Leek {Allium, tiihe- rosum), all cultivated for their edible bulbs; ulat- chandal {Gloriosa superba) (fig. 249), which climbs by the tendrils terminating the leaf-blades, and bears superb flowers; sata-moolee {Asparagus racemosus) (fig. 250), which has fascicles of tuberous roots, thorny, climbing, much-branched stems, minute scaly leaves, the lower half of each of which is transformed. Fig. 249. â Ulat-chandal {Gloriosa superia) t. Leaf-apex 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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