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are usu. xero., many bulbous, leafing only in the rains, some covered 

 with wax (Agave), ill have ordinary stems, many have rhiz. Infl. 

 usu. on a scape, with spathe, always cymose, but often umbel- or 

 head-like by condensation. Fl. $ , reg. or [ (transv. so in Anigo- 

 zanthos). P 3 + 3 petaloid, A 3 + 3, G (3), rarely -inf., 3-loc. with 

 axile plac. and oo anatr. ov. In some (Narcissus and allies) there 

 is a conspic. corona, looking like an extra whorl of P, between the 

 normal P and the sta., sometimes looked on as combined ligular out- 

 growths of the 1. of P, sometimes as stipules of sta. (as seen in various 

 stages in the series Caliphruria, Sprekelia, Eucharis, Narcissus). Caps, 

 or berry. Veg. repr. by bulbils common. [BH. chars. (Atnaryllideae}, 

 incl. fl. sol., A oo in bundles, placentae lamellate thickened at outer 

 side.] 



Classification and chief genera (after Pax) : 

 Anthers introrse. 



I. AA1ARYLLID01DEAE (bulbous, scapigerous) : Haeman- 



thus, Galanthus, Amaryllis, Crinum, Eucharis, Narcissus. 



II. AGAVOIDEAE (rhiz.; 1. fleshy, in rosettes): Polianthes, 



Agave, Furcrea. 



III. HYPOXIDOIDEAE (rhiz.; stem with small ordinary 1.): 



Alstroemeria, Bomarea, Anigozanthos. 

 Anthers extrorse. 



IV. CAMPYNEMAT01DEAE: Campynema. 



Amaryllis L. (Belladonna Sweet). Amaryllidaceae (i). i Cape Col. 



A. bdladonna L., cult. orn. fl. (the A. of greenhouses = H ippeas- 



trum). 



Amasonia L. f. Verbenaceae (i). 6 Brazil to Trinidad. 

 Amatnad (Cl. ), a sandhill pi.; amatMum, a sandhill formation. 

 Amauria Benth. Compositae (6). 2 SW.U.S. 

 Amauriella Rendle. Araceae (iv). i Nigeria. 

 Amauriopsis Rydberg. Compositae (6). i U.S. 

 Ambaitaa Barrere ex O. Ktze. = Cecropia L. (Moraceae). 

 Ambelania Aubl. Apocynaceae (i. i). 6 Brazil to Venezuela. 

 Amberboa Less., Pers.^Volutarella Cass., Centaurea L., &c. 

 Ambiguous, of uncertain origin or doubtful position. 

 Amtalogyna Raf. = Amaranthus L. p.p. (Amarant.). 

 Amblostoma Scheidw. Orchidaceae (n. 6). 3 trop. S. Am. 

 Amblyanthera Muell.-Arg. =Mandevilla Lindl. (Apocyn.). 

 Amblyanthopsis Mez. (Ardisia Sw. p.p.). Myrsin. (n. i). 2 Indomal. 

 Amblyanthus A. DC. Myrsinaceae (11. i). 3 Assam. 

 Amblygonocarpus Maims. Leguminosae (i. 4). i Centr. Afr. 

 Amblyocalyx Benth. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 2 Borneo. 

 Amblyocarpum Fisch. et Mey. Compositae (4). i near Caspian Sea. 

 Amblyopappus Hook, et Am. Compositae (6). 2 Chili. 

 Amblystigma Benth. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 2 Arg., Bolivia. 

 Ambora Juss. = Tambourissa Sonner. (Monim.). 

 Amborella Baill. Monimiaceae. i New Cal. 

 Amboyna wood, Pterocarpus mdicits Willd. (?). 

 Ambrosia L. Compositae (5). 15 Am., Afr. trop. Heads unisex. 



the ? one-flowered. Fr. enclosed in the invol. 

 Ambrosinia L. Araceae (vn). i Medit. 



