CI. 3.] NARCISSI. 75 



Aletris, Aloe; Anthericum, Asphodelus ; Eucomis. 

 Hijacinthus, Lachenalia, Massonia ; Albuca, Scilla, 

 Or nit hog a I um ; Allium and Sower b^a, fig. 149, ex- 

 emplify this Order, which is much enlarged by the 

 discoveries of Mr. Brown and others in New Hol- 

 land ; especially as the learned botanist last named 

 refers hither some of the Asparagi, Ord. 12 ; even 

 Asparagus itself, with Dianella of Lamarck, &c. 



Ord. 17. Narcissi. "Calyx (Corolla Linn.) su- 

 perior, in some inferior, coloured ; tubular at the 

 base ; limb in 6 deep, mostly equal, segments. Sta- 

 mens inserted into the tube, their filaments rarely 

 combined at the bottom. Germen simple. Style 1. 

 Stigma 3-lobed or simple. Capsule of 3 cells, and 

 3 valves, with many Seeds ; Htfmanthus only having 

 a Berry, with but 3 Seeds. Root in general bulbous. 

 Leaves radical, sheathing. Flowers terminating a 

 Scapus (17), solitary or umbellate, with a common 

 membranous Sheath, Spatha (53 : 4), either simple or 

 divided." 



Sect. 1. Germen superior. Gethyllis, Bulbocodium, 

 Hcmerocallis, Agapanthus, Crinum, and Tulbaghia. 

 These, except the first, constitute the Hemerocalli- 

 dece of Brown, along with Blandfordia, fig. 148, Sm. 

 Exot. Bot. 5. t. 4, and some of Jussieu's Asphodeli 

 with a tubular flower ; but Mr. Brown himself is dis- 

 posed to consider this new assemblage rather as a 

 section of the Lilia, Ord. 14. 



Sect. 2. Germen inferior. Hcemanthus, Amaryllis, 



