•iCG AMARYLLIDACEjE. (amaryllis family.) 



1. C. flaccida, Roscoe Stem stoat, 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 j the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflcxed ; the three in- 

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

 below; stamens petal-like, obovatc, 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- 

 alate, 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' - 1 5' long. Corolla 3' - 4' long. 



Order 144. AMARYLLIDACEiE. (Amaryllis 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 C-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 

 tube adnate to the 3-eelled ovary. Stamens G : anthers introrse. Ovules 

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

 celled, valvular or indehiscent. 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. Sligma entire. 

 o. CIUM'.M. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



* * Root tuberous. 

 4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy. 

 6. HYl'OXYS. Capsule circumscissile. Flowers unibelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. AMARYLLIS, L. 



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

 naked af the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free ■ anthers versatile. 

 Style elongated, declining: Btigma 8-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 

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

 in a l -2-leaved one- or many-flowered spathe. 



l. A. Atamasco, T,. (Ataxasco Lili | Scape terete, somewhat lateral, 

 I -flowered; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe I leavod, 2-cleft; perianth 

 short-stalked, bell -shaped, white tinged with purple; Btyle longer than the ita- 

 iii. ii~ ; leeds angled.— Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. March and 

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



2' -3' long. 



