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erect, bearing compressed leaf)' bracts. Leaves six to eight 

 inches long, quarter of an inch wide, and sword-shaped. 

 Flowers in clusters of three to six, on a slender stalk, purplish- 

 blue with yellow aye, so abundant in places as to give a blue 

 appearance to the surrounding grass. Abundant in waste 

 places, barren hills, and among rocks. The seed-pod or cap- 

 sule is remarkable for its size in proportion to the smallness of 

 the plant. Bulbous root. April and May. 



Pancratium Ovatum. Mill, (spider lily. ) Stem erect, two 

 feet high. Leaves strap-shaped, smooth, leathery, two feet 

 long, three feet wide. Flower stem terminates in a head of 

 long thin whitish flowers, conspicuous from their spider-like 

 form, six or seven inches long. Summer months. 



Pancratium Maritimum, (chruchyard lily.) Similar to the 

 above but smaller. Leaves, strap-shaped, leathery, eighteen 

 inches long, five-eights of an inch wide. Flower-stem shorter 

 than the leaves. Flow^ers terminal, abundant, four to six 

 inches long, white, fragrant; petals slender. Summer. 



Crinum Cruentum. Ker. (giant lily. ) Has stem three to 

 four feet long. Leaves same length, abundant, five to six 

 inches wide. Flowers in terminal clusters, of a reddish hue, 

 from which dark-red bracts hang in slender tresses. This 

 plant presents a massive appearance and has become so natur- 

 alized that it is by no means rare. 



Zephyranthes Rosea. Lindl. Has narrow grass-like leaves, 

 some six inches long, and erect flower-stems, six to twelve 

 inches high, bearing red, solitary flowers, one and a half inch 

 long. 



Zephyranthes Tubispatha. Herd. Very similar to the 

 above, except that its flowers are of a greenish- white. Both 

 are garden escapes. 



Zephyranthes Atamasco. Herb, (atamasco lily.) Very 

 similar, bearing a solitary, erect flower about three inches long, 

 rising with the leaves from the bulb, some white, some pink. 

 A rare escape. 



