Most often in swales and roadside ditches, throughout s. Tex. Coastal Prairies 

 from Corpus Christi to Brownsville and westw., May-Oct.; endemic. 



2. Zephyranthes nifugiensis F. B. Jones 



Bulb subglobose, 2-2.5 cm. in diameter, slightly broader than high, the neck 

 4-5 cm. long; leaves to 25 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide at base and to 4 mm. at widest 

 point; flowers dark-lemon-yellow (but lighter in color than those of Z. pulchella), 

 appearing after heavy rains from July to Nov., reported to be fragrant; perianth 

 erect, to 45 mm. long, the limb funnelform, the yellowish-green tube 15-23 mm. 

 long; anthers suberect and curved, the filaments semipatent; stigma shortly 3-lobed. 



In open swales on prairies or in brushy pastures over a 200 square mile area 

 mostly in Refugio Co., but to some extent in adjoining Goliad Co., Texas. 



A hybrid close to Z. pulchella with some introgression from Cooperia Drum- 

 mondii; endemic. 



5. Habranthus Herb. Copper Lily 



About 20 species in subtropical and warm temperate regions, mostly South 

 America; we have one species. 



1. Habranthus texanus (Herb.) Steud. 



Bulb ovoid, about 2 cm. in diameter; leaves basal, following the flower, short, 

 narrowly linear; scape slender, to about 3 dm. tall, 1 -flowered; spathe bifid, about 

 25 mm. long; perianth orange-yellow, sometimes tinged reddish on outer surface, 

 25-30 mm. long, broadly infundibuliform, somewhat zygomorphic and declinate, 

 the subequal linear-oblong segments to 1 cm. wide and rounded-apiculate at apex; 

 stamens fasciculate, unequal, of 4 different lengths; capsule subglobose, 3-lobed 

 and -angled, about 15 mm. wide. Zephyranthes texana Herb., Atamosco texana 

 (Herb.) Greene. 



In water among grasses, swales, moist pasturelands and other such places in 

 e. Tex., w. to the Edwards Plateau and along the coast to the Rio Grande Plains, 

 Aug.-Oct.; endemic. 



6. Crinum L, 



Bulbous, the neck of the bulb often columnar like a caudex; leaves basal, often 

 persistent, broad and thick, strap-shaped, not narrowed at base; flowers white or 

 whitish, in some species striped or tinged with red. few or many in an umbel 

 subtended by 2 large broad spathe valves, the pedicels short or none, the scape 

 solid; perianth tube equaling or exceeding the essentially equal segments; stamens 

 inserted at throat; fllaments long and usually declinate; ovary inferior, globose to 

 oblong or oval, with few ovules in each cell; style long, slender; stigma small, 

 capitate; capsules bursting irregularly; seeds large, green. 



About 100 species in warm temperate or tropical regions in both hemispheres. 



Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.) Milne-Redhead & Schweickerdt has been re- 

 ported from Texas but no material has been seen of this plant. This species, a 

 native of South Africa, is commonly cultivated. It may be distinguished by its 

 outward-curved or even drooping flowers with contiguous and often declinate 

 stamens and styles. 



1. Perianth segments much shorter than the tube 1. C americanum. 



1. Perianth segments longer than the tube 2. C. strictum. 



1. Crinum americanum L. Southern swamplily. Fig. 343. 



Bulbs stoloniferous, 5-12 cm. in diameter, the neck short; scape to 9 dm. tall 

 or more; leaves narrowly liguliform, to 15 dm. long and 5 cm. wide, sparingly 

 denticulate; flowers white, sometimes marked with pink, fragrant, salverform, 



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