466 AMARYLLIDACE^. (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 green, lanceolate, acute, half as long as the tube of the corolla ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflcxed ; the three in- 

 terior ones yellow, very thin, oblong-obovate ; two of them collateral and adnate 

 below ; stamens petal-like, 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. 



Order 144. AMARYLLIDACE.^. (Amaryllis Family.) 



Chiefly stemless smooth and succulent herbs, -with linear leaves, and 

 smooth (not scurfy or -wooU}) often sliowj- flowers. — Sepals and petals 

 united to form a G-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 

 tube adnate to the 3<'elled ovary. Stamens 6 : anthers introi-se. Ovules 

 anatropous, attached to the central placenta?. Style single. Fruit 1-3- 

 celled, valvular or indehiscent. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen, the 

 radicle resting on the umbihcus. 



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. 



3. CRINUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



* * Root tuberous. 



4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-Talved. Flowers spiked. I^eaves thick and fleshy. 



5. UYPOXYS. Capsule circumscissile. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. AMARYLLIS, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-sliaped, fi-parted, spi-eading above, 

 naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free • anthers versatile. 

 Style elongated, declining: stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds black, compressed or angled. — Scape erect from a coated bulb, endmg 

 in a 1 -2-lcaved one- or many -flowered spatlie. 



1. A. Atamasco, L. (AtamascoLily ) Scape terete, somewhat lateral, 

 1-flowercd; leaves linear, concave, flesliy ; spathe 1 leaved, 2-clcft; perianth 

 short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple ; style longer than the sta- 

 mens ; seeds angled. — Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. March and 

 April. — Scape 6'- 12' high, commonly shorter than the glossy leaves. Flower 

 2' -3' long. 



