340 HEXANDRiA. MONOGYNIA. Amaryllis. 



Juss. p. 55. Lam. Ill t. CCXXVII. Nat. Orel 

 Narcissi Juss. Amaryllide^ R. Brown. 



A. Atamasco L : spath bifid, acute ; flower pedicellate ; 

 corolla subcampanulate, subequal, erect, short and tubular at 

 the base ; stamens declined, equal. Willd. Spec. IL p. 51. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 239. VHerit. Sert. Ang. t. 10. M ich. FU 

 I. p. 187. Pursh Fl. I. p. 222. Walt, Car, p. 120. 

 Catesb. Car. App. t. 12. 



Root bulbous. Leaves linear, entire, somewhat succulent, con= 

 cave, glabrous, about a foot long. Scafie 6 inches high, 

 1 -flowered, terete, arising from among the lateral leaves. 

 Spath 1 -leaved, a little coloured, opening at one side, 2-cleft 

 at the summit. Corolla 6-petalled, slightly united into a tube 

 at the base; fietals all lanceolate, acute, equal, white; the 3 

 exterior striate, and tinged with pink at the summit. FUa-' 

 ■merits shorter than the petals ; anthers incumbent. Germen 

 inferior, pedicellate, nearly cylindrical. Style longer than the 

 stamens, inclining to one side of the corolla ; stigma 3-cleft. 

 Cafisules 3-valved, 3-celled. Seeds many ^n each cell. EIL 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. June. Muhlenberg. Native? 



232. ALLIUM. L. 



Corolla 6-parted, spreading, Spath many-flowered. 

 Umbpl crowded. Capsule superior, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 many -seeded. Gen. pi 557. NutU Gen. I. p. 214. 

 Ju ss. p. 53. Lam. Ill t. 242. Nat. Ord. Aspho- 

 DELETE Juss. Oniony &c, 



1. A. canadense L,: scape naked, terete; leaves linear; 

 head bulbiferouB, Willd. ^pec. IL p. 78. Mic h. Fl. I. 

 p. 194. Pursh Fl.{.^.n3. E I liot I Sk. \. ^. 385. 

 Walt. Car. p, 121. 



Root bulbous. Leaves very long, narrow, flat above, but a little 

 rounded on the back.. Scafie about a foot and a half high, 

 smooth, slender. Head bearing buibs and flowers. Pedicels 

 about three-fourths of an inch long. Corolla pale rose-colour- 

 ed ; fietqls oval, obtusCp Stamens scarcely exserted ; y?/a- 

 ments simple. 



Hab. In moist meadows. May. 



2. A, vineale L. : cauline leaves rounded, fistulous ; um- 

 bel bulbiferous ; stamens alternately tricuspidate. Willd. 

 Sptc. \\. p. 73. Smith Fl. Brit. I. p. 359. E7ig, Bot. t. 

 1974. Pursh F/. I. p. 222. 



Bulb ovate, small. Stem about 2 feet high, slender, striate, a 

 little leaty. Leaves a foot or more in length. Spath of 2 



