POPULAR FLORA. 213 



100. ATtlABTLLIS FAMILY. Ortlcr AMARYLLIDACEyE. 



Like the Lily Family, but with the (regular or slightly irregular) G-cleft perianth cohe- 

 rent below with the surface of the ovary, and therelbre in appearance iuserted on its 

 Bummlt. Stamens G. Fruit a o-celled pod. Herbs generally with naked stems or scapes, 

 and long linear leaves, from a coated bulb, commonly with showy flowers. Herbage and 

 bulbs acrid and poisonous. 



Flower with a, cup or crown nt the throat of the salver-shaped or funnel-shaped perianth. 

 Stamens lonjr, from the edge of the cup-shaped crown: anthers linear, swinging free: 

 divisions of the perianth long and narrow, recurved. Flowers v.hitc, 

 showy; tlie cluster leafy-bracted, {Pancratium) *Paxckatium. 



Stamens included in the cup, unequal: filaments very short. Flowers from a scale- 

 like spathe, (Narcissus) =5<"XAncissr3. 

 Flower without any cup or crown on the perianth. 



Anthers fixed by the middle and swinging free, linear or oblong: fiiaments generally 



curved. Flowers large and showy, generally red or pink, {Amaryllis) ^A^iauyllis. 

 Anthers erect on the filament. 



Flowers in a spike, funnel-shaped, white, very fragrant, {PoUdnihes) -/^Tueekose. 



Flowers in an umbel, or single: perianth C-parted down to the ovary. 



Flower single, from a 1-leaved spathe, white, nodding: tln-ee inner divisions 

 of the pei-ianth shorter than the three outer, and notched at the end : 

 anthers long-pointed, {Galunthus) *Sx-owDRor. 



Flowers one or more from a 1-leaved spathe, white, nodding; the G divisions 



of the perianth ahke, ofteii green-tipped: anthers blunt, (Z,e?««/Mm) ^Snowflake. 

 Flowers few, with 2 small bracts at the base of the pediceis; the star-shaped 

 perianth yellow, closing and remaining on the pod. Leaves grass- 

 like, hairy. Plant small, {Ilijpdxijs) Stak-Ghass. 



Narcissus. Narcissus. 



* Tube of the flower slender; the cup or crown much shorter than the G spreading divisions; anthers 



borne on the inside of the cup, or 3 of them a little protruding, on short filaments. 



1. Poet's N. Scape flattish, tall, mostly one-flowered; flower Avhite, the very sliort and flat crown 



yellow, generally margined with crimson or pink; sweet-scented; leaves bluntly keeled, rather 

 glaucous. Gardens. N. pociicus. 



2. Jonquil N. Flowers 1 to 4, on a round and slender scape, yellow, very fragrant, the cup saucer- 



shaped; leaves terete, channelled down one side. Gardens. N. JonquiUi. 



8. Polyanthus N. Flowers several, on a flattish scape, white, with a bell-shaped cup, not fragrant; 



leaves fiat, glaucous. Gardens. N. Tazetta. 



* * Tube of the flower short, funnel-shaped; the cup or crown very large, bell-shaped, with a w:ivy- 



crisped or toothed margin, equalling or longer than the C divisions of the perianth, and bearing 

 the stamens on its base. 



4. DAFFoniL. N. Flower one, large, sulphur-yellow, with a deeper 3'ellow cup, on a flattened scape 

 1° high; leaves flattish. In all gardens; most common with flowers double, so tliat tlieir structure 

 is obscured. N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 



