AMARYLLIDACEAE. 



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2. Atamosco rosea (Spreng.) Greene. 

 SMALL, PINK ATAMASCO LILY. (Fig. 104.) 

 Bulb ovoid or subglobose, usually less- than 1' in 

 diameter, short-necked. Scape rather slender, 

 8' high or less, as long as the leaves or longer; 

 spathe about half as long as the peduncle, 2- 

 cleft at the top; flower I'-l^' long, rose-pink, 

 with a short tube and obovate bluntish seg- 

 ments; style 3-cleft; capsule about 4" thick. 

 [Amaryllis rosea Spreng.; Zephyranthes rosea 

 Lindl.] 



Commonly cultivated, and occasionally escaped. 

 Native of the West Indies. Flowers in spring and 

 summer. 



Atamosco bifolia (Lam.) Britton [Zephy- 

 ranthes bifolia M. J. Eoemer] Santo Domingan, 

 with a much larger rose purple flower, longer 

 and broader leaves, is planted in gardens. 



Atamosco Eggersiana (Urban) Britton, 

 YELLOW ATAMASCO LILT, Cuban, grown in 

 gardens, has a bright yellow flower about \\' 

 long on a scape about 1 long. [Zephyranthes 

 Eggersiana Urban.] 



3. Atamosco Atamasco (L.) 

 Greene. ATAMASCO LILY. (Fig. 

 105.) Bulb ovoid, about 1' long. 

 Leaves fleshy, shining, 12' long or 

 less, 14"-3" wide, blunt, usually 

 shorter than the scape; scape 

 terete, erect; bract 2-cleft into 

 acuminate lobes, longer than the 

 ovary; flowers 2i'-3V high, white 

 with a purplish tinge or some- 

 times light purple; perianth-seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 shorter than the tube ; stamens 

 shorter than the tube; style longer 

 than the stamens ; capsule de- 

 pressed, about 6" high. [Amaryl- 

 lis Atamasco L.] 



Occasional in fields, escaped 

 from cultivation. Native of the 

 southeastern United States. Flowers 

 in spring, occasionally also in autumn. 



5. FURCEAEA Vent. 



Large succulent plants with tufted basal leaves and tall scapes, the in- 

 florescence terminal, paniculate. Perianth of 6 spreading segments, slightly 

 united at the base. Stamens borne on the bases of the segments; filaments 

 thickened below the middle; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 3-celled, with many 



