214 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



310. CRINUM. L. 



Corolla superior, funnel form, half 6-clcft; 

 tube filiform, border spreading and recurved; 

 segments subulate, clianelled. Filaments in- 

 serted upon the orifice of the tube, separate. 



Spatha 2-parteti, many-flowers 1, in some species bulbs 

 are produced amongst the capsules. 



Species. 1. C americanum- Plentiful in the marshes 

 around New Orleans, Louisiana. 



A tropical genus of great splendour, of which there are 

 2 species in India, 1 in Africa, ai.d 3 in America; the na- 

 tive place of C. bracteatum is unknown. 



311. AMARYLLIS. L. 



Corolla superior, hexapetaloid^ irregular. 

 Filaments of the stamina originating from the 

 orifice of the tube, declinate, (or straight,) un- 

 equal in proportion or direction. 



Spatha 1 or many-flowered, openii-,g laterally. 



Species. 1. A. Atajnasco. In Virginia and Carolina. 



A very splendid and numerous genus, chiefly tropical, 

 and principally indigenous to America and the southern 

 extremity of Africa; a few species exist in India and 

 China, 1 in Europe, 1 in Siberia, and 1 on the borders of 

 the Caspian sea. 



312. ALLIUM. L, (Garlick, Leek, Onion, &c.) 

 Corolla 6-parted, spreading. Spatha many- 

 flowered, timbell crowded. Capsule superior, 

 3-celled, S-valved, many-seeded. 



Flowers capitate or umbellate; leaves flat or fistulous; 

 urabell in some species bulbiferous; in some the fila- 

 ments are tricuspldate, with the central cusp bearing the 

 anther. 



Species. 1. k. vincale. Naturalized. Now a preva- 

 lent and injurious weed. 2.frag-rans. 2. stHatum. 4^. an- 

 jpdosum. Two varieties, one with white and another with 

 purple flowers. On the banks of the Missouri, abundant. 

 5. cemvum. 6. stellatum. Sims, Bot. Mag. Obs. Scape 16 

 to 15 inches high. Leaf linear, channelled, under s'de 

 carinate, about a line and a half broad, and 10 lines longc 

 Scape subtriquetrous, umbelliferous, umbell fastigiate,, 



