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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  I. 
  NARCISSUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Scapes 
  with 
  1-several 
  flowers 
  from 
  a 
  thin, 
  dry 
  spathe. 
  

   Flowers 
  with 
  a 
  cup-shaped 
  or 
  other 
  crown 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  

   the 
  perianth 
  ; 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  perianth 
  somewhat 
  cylindrical, 
  the 
  

   6 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  limb 
  widely 
  spreading. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  inserted 
  

   in 
  the 
  tube. 
  

  

  1. 
  N. 
  Psuedo-Narcissus 
  L. 
  DAFFODIL, 
  DAFFY, 
  EASTER 
  FLOWER. 
  

  

  Scape 
  short, 
  bearing 
  1 
  large 
  yellow 
  flower; 
  tube 
  of 
  perianth 
  short 
  

   and 
  wide, 
  crown 
  with 
  a 
  crimped 
  margin. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  2. 
  N. 
  Tazetta 
  L., 
  var. 
  orientalis. 
  CHINESE 
  SACRED 
  LILY. 
  Bulb 
  

   large, 
  often 
  with 
  many 
  smaller 
  ones 
  attached 
  to 
  its 
  base. 
  Scape 
  1 
  ft. 
  

   or 
  more 
  high. 
  Flowers 
  several, 
  umbeled, 
  fragrant. 
  Perianth 
  white 
  

   or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  the 
  crown 
  rather 
  spreading, 
  finely 
  scalloped, 
  yellow 
  or 
  

   orange. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  China. 
  

  

  3. 
  N. 
  poeticus 
  L. 
  POET'S 
  NARCISSUS. 
  Scape 
  1-flowered. 
  Perianth 
  

   pure 
  white, 
  the 
  crown 
  very 
  narrow, 
  edged 
  with 
  pink. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  

   S. 
  Europe. 
  

  

  II. 
  ZEPHYRANTHES 
  Herb. 
  (ATAMOSCO) 
  

  

  Stemless, 
  from 
  a 
  coated 
  bulb. 
  Leaves 
  linear, 
  fleshy. 
  Scape 
  

   erect, 
  1-few-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  erect, 
  or 
  declined, 
  sub- 
  

   tended 
  by 
  a 
  1-2-leaved 
  spathe. 
  Perianth 
  6-parted, 
  naked 
  in 
  

   the 
  throat 
  ; 
  tube 
  short, 
  segments 
  petal-like, 
  spreading. 
  Stamens 
  

   free, 
  anthers 
  versatile. 
  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  many-ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  

   elongated, 
  declined 
  ; 
  stigma 
  3-cleft. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  many-seeded, 
  3- 
  

   valved 
  capsule 
  ; 
  seeds 
  black, 
  compressed, 
  or 
  angled.* 
  

  

  1. 
  Z. 
  Atamasco 
  Herb. 
  ATAMASCO 
  LILY. 
  Bulbs 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  Leaves 
  narrow, 
  concave 
  above, 
  smooth, 
  usually 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  scape. 
  Scape 
  6-12 
  in. 
  high, 
  1-flowered. 
  Spathe 
  l-'eaved, 
  

   2-cleft. 
  Flowers 
  2-3 
  in. 
  long, 
  white, 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink 
  or 
  purple, 
  

   bell-shaped, 
  short-peduncled. 
  Stamens 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  tube, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  style. 
  Capsule 
  depressed-globose, 
  seeds 
  angled. 
  In 
  rich, 
  

   damp 
  soil, 
  often 
  cultivated.* 
  

  

  m. 
  HYPOXIS 
  L. 
  

  

  Small, 
  apparently 
  stemless 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  grass-like, 
  hairy, 
  

   from 
  a 
  solid 
  bulb. 
  Scapes 
  thread-like, 
  few-flowered. 
  Perianth 
  

   6-parted, 
  wheel-shaped, 
  the 
  3 
  outer 
  divisions 
  greenish 
  on 
  the 
  

   outside, 
  the 
  whole 
  perianth 
  withering 
  on 
  the 
  pod. 
  Seeds 
  

   numerous. 
  

  

  