Identifier: naturalhistoryof02kern (
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The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;Year:
1902 (
1900s)Authors:
Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898 Oliver, Francis Wall, 1864- Macdonald, Mary Frances Ewart Busk, Marian Balfour, LadySubjects:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:theciuvi) also belongs to thistribe. (2) Asphodeloidece include forms generally with rhizomes, rarely bulbs;anthers introrse, fruits capsular. Examples are Asphodelus, e.g. A. ramosus(fig. 413), which covers considerable tracts of country in southern Europe, formingregular plantations, and was supposed to carpet the Elysian fields; Paradisea ANGIOSPERM^, MONOCOTFLEDONES. 7;u Liliastrum, a beautiful alpine plant; Hemerocallis, the Day Lily; Phorraiumtenax, the New Zealand Flax (fig. 414), the leaves of which yield a valuablefibre; Kniphojia, whose dense spikes resemble a red-hot poker, cultivated ingardens; the Aloes and their allies, chiefly African, with a permanent aerialbranch-system; finally, the Australian Grass-trees (of which Xanthorrhoea hastilisis an example), often a conspicuous feature in the landscape, and with its longspicate inflorescence sometimes attaining a height of 3 metres or more. Thisplant yields a valuable gum. (3) Allioideoe, usually bulbous, and having flowersText Appearing After Image:.-^tf^ Fig 414—Phonnuun tenax the New /e ilind fl ix. j in umbels. They include the Onion tribe (Allium, cf. fig. 311, p. 3S6), of whichA. cepa the Onion, A. porrum the Leek, A. ascalonicwm the Shallot, A. sativumthe Garlic, A. schoenoprasum the Chive, and A. scorodoprasum the Rocambole, are j cultivated. Qagea (fig. 412 ^) also belongs to this group. (4) Lilioidece havebulbs, anthers introrse, and loculicidal capsules. Styles generally united. They I include numerous familiar and beautiful plants: Lilium (45 s-pecies), Fritillaria (40species), Erythronium the Dog-tooth Violet, Tulipa (50 species), Scilla, Hyacinthus,Ornithogalum, the Star of Bethlehem, Muscari, &c. (5) Dracccnoidece is aninteresting 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. Dracaena Draco, the Dragon-tree of 732 THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. the CanariNote About Images 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 work.