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But now, farther: the student will observe that the name of the total order is Greek; while the three family ones are Latin, although the central one is originally Greek also I adopt this as far as possible for a law through my whole plant nomenclature 13.— Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
CHARITES.--The only change made in the nomenclature of this order is the slight one of 'rubra' for 'rubus': partly to express true sisterhood with the other Charites; partly to enforce the idea of redness, as characteristic of the race, both in the lovely purple and russet of their winter leafage, and in the exquisite bloom of scarlet on the stems in strong young shoots.— Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
_Siphoneæ_; V. Stone-worts (_Characeæ ORDER I.--_Protococcaceæ The members of this order are minute unicellular plants, growing either in water or on the damp surfaces of stones, tree trunks, etc. The plants sometimes grow isolated, but usually the cells are united more or less regularly into colonies A common representative of the order is the common green slime, Protococcus (Fig.— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
84, I_, K The last family of the order is the Bromeliaceæ_, all inhabitants of the warmer parts of the globe, but represented in the southern states by several forms, the commonest of which is the so-called "gray moss" (_Tillandsia_) (Fig.— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
Good types of the order are the various aroids (_Aroideæ_), of which the calla (_Richardia_) is a very familiar cultivated example.— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses

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