4G8 A.MAUYLLIDACE^. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



3. CRINUM, L. 



Tube of the periantli crownluss at tlic ajtcx. Otlierwise like Pancratium both 

 in cliiinicter and liabit. 



1. C. American um, L. Leaves stiap-shai)C(l, concave, obtuse, remotely 

 denticulate, spreatlinj^; ; scape compressed, with rounded edges, 2-4-flowered; 

 bracts lanceolate recurved ; ovaries sessile, with a linear bractlet at the base of 

 each ; flowers large, fragrant ; leaves of the perianth white, lanceolate, shorter 

 than the green tul)C ; filaments and style purple aI)ove ; stigma truncate, entire ; 

 ovnlcs 3 in each cell, erect; capsule globose, membranaceous, indehiscent; 1-6- 

 seeded, pointed with the long persistent tube of the perianth ; seed large, corm- 

 like; embryo ol)long, in the axis of copious fleshy albumen; radicle inferior. — 

 River-swamps, Florida, and westward. May -Sept. Scajie l°-2° high. Peri- 

 anth C - 8' long. 



4. AGAVE, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, funnel-sliapcd, 6-parted, persistent. Stamens cxsertcd : 

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

 Caj)sule coriaceous, 3-lobed, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valvcd, many-seeded. Seeds 

 flat, black and shining, attached to the central placentre. — Scape bractcd. 

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

 panicled spikes, bracted. 



1. A. Virginica, L. Leaves lanceolate, thick and rigid, spine-pointed, 

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

 scattered in a simjilc spike ; perianth strongly nerved ; filaments and style spotted. 

 — Sterile soil, Florida, and northward. July. — Scape 3°-5° high. Leaves 

 6'- 12' long. Capsule globose, 3-lobed. 



5. HYPOXYS, L. Star-grass. 



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

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

 ovules attached to the central placentae in two rows. Style short and thick : 

 stigmas 3. Capsule top-shaped, many-seeded, opening transversely near the 

 summit, the upper portion, with the withered perianth, falling oft" 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 umbel. 



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

 2 - 4-flowcrcd ; bracts subulate, much shorter than the slender unequal pedicels ; 

 divisions of tlie perianth oblong, greenish and hairy without, yellow withm ; cap 

 sule 8-cellcd. — Varies, with the more rigid leaves nearly smooth, the 2-3-flow- 

 ered scape flattened, and the bristle-like bracts longer than the nearly sessile 

 almost woolly perianth. — Low ground, Florida, and northward. March and 

 April. — Scapes 2' - 9' long. Leaves at length nmcli longer than the scape. 

 Flowers 8" wide. 



