466 AMARYLLIDACEJE. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 
1. C. flaccida, Roscoe. Stem stout, very leafy below ; leaves ovate-lance- 
olate, acuminate, narrowed into a long and sheathing petiole ; spike few-flowered ; 
sepals greer, lanceolate, acute, half as long as the tube of the corolla; corolla 
funnel-shaped ; the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflexed ; the three in- 
terior ones yellow, very thin, oblong-obovate; two of them collateral and adnate 
below; stamens petallike, obovate, thickened below, very thin and expanding 
above, one of them bearing the linear anther on its margin, the other two larger 
and united into one; style adnate to the tube of the corolla; stigma thick, spat- 
ulate, embracing the anther in the bud; capsule oval, 3-angled, few-seeded, mem- 
branaceous at maturity, and bursting irregularly at the sides ; seeds black, borne 
on a spongy cord. — Miry swamps, Florida to South Carolina, near the coast. 
June ~ Aug. — Stem 2°-4° high. Leaves 9/-15'long. Corolla 3 ~4' long. 
Orver 144. AMARYLLIDACE/E. (Amarriurs FAMILY.) 
Chiefly stemless smooth and succulent herbs, with linear leaves, and 
smooth (not scurfy or woolly) often showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 
united to form a 6-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 
tube adnate to the 3-celled ovary. Stamens 6: anthers introrse. Ovules 
anatropous, attached to the central placente. Style single. Fruit 1-3- 
celled, valvular or indehiseent. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen, the 
radicle resting on the umbilicus. — * 
Synopsis. 
* Root bulbous. 
1. AMARYLLIS. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 
2. PANCRATIUM. Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected with a cup-shaped 
crown. Stigma entire. à 
3. CRINUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 
Hopes * * Root tuberous. 
4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy- 
5. HYPOXYS. Capsule circumscissile. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 
1. AMARYLLIS, L. 
Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, spreading above, 
naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free: anthers versati 
Style elongated, declining: stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many acer 
Seeds black, compressed or angled.— Scape erect from a coated bulb, ending 
Du 
-2-leaved or many-flowered spathe. ui i à 
perianth 
