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AMABYLLIDACEAE. 



1. Hymenocallis declinata (Jacq.) 

 Roemer. SPIDER-LILY. (Fig. 102.) Bulbs 

 subglobose, short-necked, 2' in diameter or 

 more. Scape stout, compressed, 2-edged, 

 2-3 high, bearing an umbel of 8-15 

 sessile flowers ; leaves broadly linear, 

 acutish, 2'-3' wide at the middle, narrowed 

 to about 1' wide at the base; flowers 6' 

 8' long, the narrow tube about as long 

 as the linear segments; bracts lanceolate, 

 acute; staminal membranous cup about 

 one third as long as the free portion of 

 the filaments; fruit about li' long. [Pan- 

 cratium ovatum of Eeade, Jones and H. 

 B. Small; P. dedinatum Jacq.; Hymeno- 

 callis caribaea of Moore ; Pancratium ex- 

 pansum Sims.] 



Frequent on coastal banks and common 

 in gardens. Naturalized. Native of the 

 West Indies. Flowers in summer and autumn. 



Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb., 

 LONG SPIDER LILY, with tube of the 

 corolla 6 '-7' long and much longer than the limb, is common in gardens, flower- 

 ing freely in late summer. It is probably native of the West Indies. [Pan- 

 cratium littorale Jacq.; H. pedalis Herb.] 



4. ATAMOSCO Adans. 



Acaulescent herbs, with coated bulbs and glabrous foliage. Leaves basal, 

 narrowly linear, flat or channeled. Scape 1-flowered. Perianth white, pink, 

 purple or yellow, its tube funnelform, its lobes 6, equal. Stamens 6, equal or 

 nearly so ; filaments adnate to the throat of the perianth-tube ; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary 3-celled; style filiform, 3-lobed at top, or stigma nearly capitate. Ovules 

 numerous, in two rows in each cavity. Capsule 3- 

 celled, subglobose or depressed, more or less 3- 

 lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds black or nearly 

 so, usually flattened. [Greek, wind-flower.] About 

 35 species, natives of America. Type species: 

 Amaryllis atamasco L. [Z ephyranthes Herb.] 



Flower white. 

 Flower rose-pink. 



Flower l'-li' high. 



Flower 2'-3|' high. 



1. A. tuMspatha. 



2. A. rosea. 



3. A. Atamasco. 



1. Atamosco tubispatha (L'Her.) Maza. 

 WHITE ATAMASCO LILY. (Fig. 103.) Bulb ovoid or 

 subglobose, about 1' in diameter, short-necked. 

 Scape slender, 6'-12' high, shorter than or about 

 equalling the leaves, which are 2"-3" wide; spathe 

 membranous, about 1' long, 2-cleft at the top, 

 usually shorter than the slender peduncle; flower 

 1V-2' long, white, or a little greenish, the tube 

 cleft ; capsule about 6" thick. [Amaryllis tubispatha 

 L'Her.] 



Commonly cultivated and occasionally escaped into 

 waste grounds. Native of tropical America. Flowers 

 in spring and summer. 



