AMARYLLIDACE^. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 493 



Synopsis. 



* Root bulbous. 



1. ZEPHTRAN.THES. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 



2. HTMENOCALLIS. 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-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy. 



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



1. ZEPHYRANTHES, Herb. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, spreading 

 above, naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free : anthers 

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

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

 bulb, ending in a 1 - 2-leaved 1 -flowered spathe. 



1. Z. Atamasco, Herb. (Atamasco Lily.) Scape terete, somewhat 

 lateral, 1 -flowered ; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe 1 -leaved, 2-cleft ; 

 perianth short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple ; style longer 

 than the stamens ; seeds angled. — Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. 

 March - April. ^— Scape 6' - 1 2' high, commonly shorter than the glossy leaves. 

 Flower 2' -3' long. 



2. Z. Treatise, Watson. Bulb small; leaves very narrow (I|" wide), 

 thick, semiterete, with rounded margin.s, not shining; scape 4'- 12' high; 

 flowers 3' long, white, the segments rather obtuse ; capsule broader than long, 

 its peduncle 3"- 9" long. — Low ground. East Florida. April - May. 



3. Z. Simpsoni, Chapm. Bulbs 1' in diameter, globose ; leaves concave, 

 1"- 2" wide; scapes 1-3, slightly compressed, 9'- 12' high ; spathe entire, 

 half as long as the perianth ; perianth ii' long, pale pink, the oblong-obovate 

 divisions apiculate at the rounded apex ; stamens and style equal, included ; 

 ovary short-pedicelled, many ovuled. — Low piue barreu.s, Soutli Florida 

 (J. H. Simpson). 



2. HYMENOCALLIS, Salisb. Spider Lilt. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-parted ; the narrow divisions spreading ; the tube 

 slender and elongated. Stamens united below with a cup-shaped or funnel- 

 shaped variously toothed crown, exserted : anthers versatile, linear. Style 

 elongated, declining: stigma entire. Capsule membranaceous, 3-ceIled, burst- 

 ing irregularly before the maturity of the conn-like seed. — Scajie from a 

 coated bulb, compressed or 2-edged, bearing the large and fragrant leafy- 

 bracted white flowers in a cluster at the ape.x. Leaves succulent. 



* Scape 6 - ] 2-JJoivered. 



1. H. OCcidentalis, Kunth. Glaucous ; leaves erect, lanceolate, 1° long ; 



scape sligtitly compressed and 2-edged, l^°-2° high, mostly 6-floAvered ; tube 



of the perianth 3' long, about the length of the linear-lanceolate widely 



spreading divisions ; crown about half as long, the broad truncate lobes 



