LEUCOJACEAE 
purple zd 2 bod tt 
ndin 
nee e 3-lobed.— Low a 
resembles that of Cooperia of Texa 
3. A. Treatiae (S. Wats.) Greene. 
terete, blunt-edged, bod obtuse: 
invo olueral bract nearly or quite as jong as p t 
within; sepals is petals narrowly elliptic, 
iC, adi 
6-8 em. 
ing or aE merely ab ho. tips: 
d. pen. 
Leaves 1-4 dm. 
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near the base: involucral 
ADR Maid es and 
m. long, 
edi. der a “globose, “usually 
la.— Sor The perianth 
long; blades go are 
.5 dm. tall, terete or nearly so: 
the ia tube: ianth a 
narrowly 
urved sprea E above - 
m e pinelands and swamps, Fla.— 
4, A. candida Caer Small, Leaves 
most! acute: scape 
the perian 
tube: it 
petals mte Or apte -oblanceolate, 2-3. 
globose, often somewhat depressed, more 
ld 
sides and o 
S. A.—Sum.- 
o dm. 
3 dm. tall, slightly flattened : 
et 
lds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex 
1-4. long; blades channeled, 
involucral cae equ alling 
imes pinkish 
and 
Nat. of the La Plata region, 
Herbs with succulent coated bulbs, the neck short. Leaves 
6. C ! 
basal: blades narrow, usually li 
owered. Perianth salverform or funnelform, whit 
Filaments adnate up to the mouth of the perianth- tube. 
60 species, mostly tropical. 
Steet salverform : sepals and petals shorter than the tube. 
anth funnelform: sepals and petals longer than the tube. 
ulb 7-11 em. thick: 
me a p = ianth white or pink- 
Per 
Swamps, rshes, and  river-shores, 
Coastal Plain, Tla. to Tex —Spr.- fall. 
ongifolium (L.) 
2. C. 
and Tease like those of pe 
e lr the tip, acu 
, S. La. Nat. of sS. Africa 
strum T a (Lam. oe 
earin r the flowers which a 
erimson- RUN poe whitish Suidstripe 
e borne 
Capsule lobed.—Fully 
1. C. 
2. C. 
leaf-blades 6-12 dm 
americanum. 
longifolium. 
. long, irregu- 
a bulbous e with narrow leaves 
ni in an umbel, the perianth 
on each lobe, the tube funnelform, 
the lobes broad (the Pages ovate), a en ve of tropical America, occurs in the 
Gulf States. It is known as 
7. HYMENOCALLIS L. Herbs 
p blades linear or nearly so. 
Or uster, the flowers erect. 
purplish: pes elongate: lobes narrow. 
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with coated bulbs. Leaves basal, 
Scape terminated by a single flower 
Perianth showy, mostly white 
e, pink, 
Filaments adnate to the perianth- 
