AMARYLLIDE^. 193 



ORDER 238. AMARYLLIDE^E. Narcissus Tribe. 



Flowers from a spathe ; corolla superior, 6-cleft ; stamens 6, 

 inserted on the corolla ; ovary 3-celled ; roots bulbous or fibrous ; 

 leaves sword-shaped, with parallel veins. Exotics, found in our 

 gardens. 



Amaryllis. L. 6. 1. 



A genus of splendid plants, indigenous chiefly to the warmer parts 

 of America and Southern Africa ; nearly 40 species have been 

 cultivated in England ; only I species is found so far north as 

 the State of Pennsylvania, A. atamasco, L., or Atamasco Lily, 

 and not often cultivated in our gardens. 



Corolla irregular ; stamens unequal. 



The name is that of a celebrated nymph, on account of its 

 beauty, from the Greek, to be resplendent. 



A. formosissima. L. Jacobea Lily. A splendid plant from 

 tropical North America, sometimes found in gardens, with a rin- 

 gent-like corolla, and the divisions declined ; one flower from a 

 spathe, white and red. 



After flowering, the bulbous roots of this and similar plants 

 should be preserved nearly dry, as they will flower the more 

 abundantly another season. 



Narcissus. L. 6. 1. Narcissus. 



Named from the Greek for stupor, from the dangerous effects 

 of the odor on the nerves. Loudon. An extensive and beautiful 

 genus, found abundantly in Southern Europe and the adjacent 

 countries. 



JV. poeticus. L. Poet's Narcissus. Flowers wh^te, cup 

 wheel-shaped. 



JST. jonquilla. L. Jonquil. From the Latin for rush ; spathe 

 1 - 3-ilowered, divisions reflexed. 



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