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in. long, white tinged with pink or purple, bell-shaped, short-peduncled; 

 stamens longer than the tiil)e, shorter than the style, capsule deju'essed- 

 globose, seeds angled. April. In rich, damp soil, often cultivated. 



U. HYMENOCALLIS. 



Acaulescent from a large coated bulb; leaves strap-shaped, 

 long ; scape erect, compressed, 2-edged, bearing a cluster 

 of leafy-bracted flowers at the apex ; perianth corolla-like, 

 6-parted, tube long and slender, perianth lobes narrow, spread- 

 ing, or recurved ; stamens 6, the filaments broadened and 

 united below to form a crown with toothed and spreading 

 edge, upper part of the stamens exserted, anthers versatile ; 

 style long and slender, stigma entire ; fruit a membranaceous, 

 3-celled capsule, seeds often bulb-like. 



II. occiDKNTALis (Le C.) Kuntli. Swamp Lily. lUdh 2-o in. 

 in diameter ; leaves linear or strait-shaped, ol)tuse, thick, glaucous, 

 concave above, 1-2 ft. long ; scape stout, 2-edged, as long as the 

 leaves, smooth, about G-flowered ; bracts several, linear-lanceolate; 

 perianth white, the tube slender, -)-o in. long, not dilated at the 

 apex, perianth lobes linear, spreading or recurved, nearly as long 

 as the tube ; crown fuiniel form, toothed between the filaments, style 

 much exserted, capsule few-seeded. ,Iuiie-August. In wet places. 



III. CRINUM. 



Characters the same as those of Hynienocallis, excepting 

 that the flowers are crownless. 



C. Amkuicaxum L. Crixum. Bulb 2-4 in. in diameter ; leaves 

 straivsliaju'd, obtuse, concave above, slightly denticulate; scaiw few- 

 llowenMl, compressed, edges rounded, smootli, l-S-21 in. high; bracts 

 lanceolate; flowers 6-« in. long, white, fragrant, tube green, i>er- 

 sistent, ])erianth segments lanceolate, spreading or recurved, shorter 

 than the tube; stamens exserted, filaments ]>urple ; ovary ;;-«'elled, 

 :j-() ovuled, style slender, purple, stigma truncate, capsule indehis- 

 cent, l-(5-seeded, seeds large, eorm-like. May-September. Kiver 

 banks and swam[»s. 



IV. AGAVE. 



Kootstocks short and thick, tuberous; leaves mostly basal, 

 fleshy, with a toothed or spiny nnirgin ; scape tall, with leaf- 



