CHAPTER III.

PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS—MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ 435

§ I.—PETALOIDEÆ.

179. Hydrocharideæ—the Frog’s-bit Tribe 435

180. Alimaceæ—the Water-plantain Tribe 436

181. Butomeæ—the Flowering-rush Tribe 437

182. Juncagineæ—the Arrow-grass Tribe 438

183. Orchidaceæ ib.

184. Scitamineæ 441

185. Canneæ 442

186. Musaceæ ib.

187. Iridaceæ 443

188. Hæmodoraceæ 445

189. Hypoxideæ 446

190. Amaryllidaceæ ib.

191. Hemerocallideæ 447

192. Dioscoreæ ib.

193. Tamaceæ 448

194. Smilaceæ ib.

195. Asphodeleæ 449

196. Tulipaceæ 450

197. Melanthaceæ 451

198. Bromeliaceæ ib.

199. Pontederaceæ 452

200. Commelineæ ib.

201. Palmæ—the Palm Tribe ib.

202. Pandaneæ 453

203. Typhineæ—the Bulrush Tribe ib.

204. Aroideæ—the Arum Tribe 454

205. Fluviales, or Naiades—the Pond-weed Tribe 455

206. Junceæ—the Rush Tribe 456

207. Gillesieæ ib.

208. Restiaceæ—the Pipewort Tribe ib.

§ II—GLUMACEÆ.

209. Cyperaceæ—the Sedge Tribe 457

210. Gramineæ—the Grass Tribe 458