MONOCOTYLEDONS. AMARYLLIDE.t. A^arcisSKS. 185 



****'^' Leaves all radical. 



5. A. ursimim, umbel nearly plane, leaves ovato^lanccolate on 

 footstalks, scape triangular, p. 101. — JVond^. 



6. A. Schoenoprasum, leaves rounded subnl:ato-ri!'iform, scape 

 rounded as long as the leaves, p. 101. — Pastures, 



Order IX. LILIACE^. Juss. 



(Narcissorum, Sect. I. Jitss. Hcmerocallidcce, Br.) 



Perianth coloured, equal, 6-partite, or, by the cohesion of the 

 claws of the segments into a tube, 6-cleft. Stam. G, inserted 

 either into the base of the segments, or the tube. Ovary su- 

 perior, 3-celled, many-seeded. Stigma simple or 3-lobed. 

 Caps 3-celled. Seeds flat, with a spongy, dilated, often wing- 

 ed, integument, neither black nor crustaceous. yilbumen 

 fleshy. Embryo with the same direction as the seed. — Plow- 

 ers large, usually of vivid colours, often solitary. Leaves 

 fleshy, cauline indistinctly nerved. Root bulbous. Er. 



1. TULIPA. 



Perian/^ campanulate, 6-partite. Stigma tliick, sessile. Caps. 

 triangular. 



I. T. sylvestris, stem 1 -flowered somewhat drooping, segments 

 of the perianth ovato-acuminate bearded at the extremity, 

 stam. hairy at the base, stigma obtuse, p. 102. — Pastures, rare. 



Order X. AMARYLLIDE.^. Br. Prudr. 



{Narcissorum. Sect. II. Juss.) 



Perianth coloured, 6-partite or 6-cleft. Stavi. 6, inserted into 

 the segments ; the Jilaments sometimes united bv a membrane. 

 ^/i/Ziers turned inwards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, many-seed- 

 ed; or, in those whose fruit is fleshy, 1 — 2-seeded. Style \. 

 Stigona^Ao^eA. Pericarp capsular ; either dry with 3 valves, 

 3 cells, bearing the septa in their middle, and many seeds ; or 

 fleshy with 1 — 3 seeds, hitegument of the seed not crusta- 

 ceous. Embryo straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen.^ 

 having the same direction as the seed. — Floivers large, gene- 

 rally of a bright colour. Leaves fleshy, indistinctly nerved, all 

 radical. Roots bulbous. Br. 



1. NARCISSUS. 

 Flowers spathaceous. Perianth infundibuliform, the limb patent, 

 6-partite. Croxvn {Nectary, Linn.) at tiic month of the pe- 

 rianth, petaloid cylindrical or campanulate, entire or divided. 

 Stam, inserted in the tube and concealed within the crown. 



