AMARYLLIDACE^. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 495 



glohose, indehiscent ; 1 - 6-seeded ; seed large, corm-like. — Eiver swamps, 

 Florida, and westward. May -Sept. — Scape l°-2° high. Perianth 6'— 8' 

 loug. 



4. AGAVE, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, funnel-shaped, 6-parted, persistent. Stamens exserted : 

 anthers linear, versatile. Style filiform, exserted : stigma .3-angled or 3-lobed. 

 Capsule coriaceous, 3-lobed, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved, manv-seeded. 

 Seeds flat, black, and shining, attached to the central placentae. — Scape 

 bracted. Leaves fleshy, spiny or cartilaginous on the margins. Flowers in 

 simple or panicled spikes, bracted. 



1. A. Virginica, L. Stemless; leaves lanceolate, thick and rigid, spine- 

 pointed, denticulate on the margins ; scape simple, smooth ; flowers small, 

 yellowish, scattered in a simple spike ; perianth strongly nerved ; filaments 

 and style spotted. — Sterile soil. July. — Scape 3°-5° high. Leaves 6"-12" 

 long. Capsule globose, 3-lobed. 



2. A. rigida, Miller, var. Sisalana, Engelm. Caulescent ; leaves 

 (4° -6° long) linear-lanceolate, unarmed, the terminal spine not decurrent; 

 scape leafy-bracted (15° -20° high) ; panicle horizontal, the clustered flowers 

 often viviparous ; corolla funnel-shaped ; stamens and style exserted. — Sandy 

 coast of South Florida. 



5. HYPOXYS, L. Star-grass. 



Perianth 6-parted, persistent, the spreading divisions colored within. Sta- 

 mens short, unequal : anthers erect. Ovary 3-celled, with the amphitropous 

 ovules attached to the centr.il placentJB in two rows. Style short and thick : 

 stigmas 3. Capsule opening transversely near the summit, the upper portion, 

 with the withered perianth, falling off like a lid. Seeds globular, with a beak- 

 like projection near the base. Kadicle inferior. — Low pubescent herbs, from 

 a tuberous root, with grass-like leaves, and a naked scape, bearing the few 

 yellow flowers in a terminal bracted raceme. 



1. H. erecta, L. Hairy; leaves linear, channelled ; scapes 1 -4. filiform, 

 2-4-flowered; bracts subulate, much shorter than the slender unequal pedi- 

 cels ; divisions of the perianth oblong, greenish and hairy without, yellow 

 within. — Low ground, chiefly in the upper districts. March -April. — 

 Scapes 2' -9' long. Leaves at length much longer than the scape. Flowers 

 8" wide. 



2. H. rigida, Chapm. Villous ; leaves rigid, erect, channelled, i" - 2" 

 wide; scapes 1 -6, compressed, 1 -3-flowered; perianth 4" -8" wide, longer 

 than the stout erect pedicel ; capsule globose, few-seeded. — Low pine barrens, 

 near the coast. West Florida. May. 



3. H. decumbens, L. ■? Leaves glabrous, spreading or prostrate, 3"- 

 5" wide ; scapes 3-5, filiform, sparsely villous, 2-flowered ; perianth as long 

 as the erect pedicel, ^' wide; capsule linear-oblong, many-seeded. — River 

 banks, Florida, and westward. June. 



4. H. juncea, Smith. Sparingly hairy; leaves filiform ; scapes 1 -3, fili- 

 form, l-2flowered; bracts bristle-like, shorter than the villous pedicels; 



