AMARYLLIDACE^. {AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 515 



3. BE LAM CAN DA, Adans. Blackberry-Lily. 



Perianth 6-parte(l almost to the ovary; the divisions widely aud equallv 

 spreadini;', all nearly alike, oblong with a narrowed base, naked. Stamens 

 mona(lel])lious only at base ; anthers oblong. Style club-shaped, .3-cleft, the 

 narrow divisions tipped with a small dilated stigma. Capsule pear-shaped ; 

 the A ah es at length falling away, leaving the central column covered with 

 tlie globose black aud fleshy-coated seeds, imitating a blackberrv (whence the 

 popular name). — Perennial, with rootstocks, foliage, etc., of an Iris; the 

 branching stems (.3-4° high) loosely many-flowered; the orange-yellow peri- 

 anth mottled above with crimson-purple spots. (An East Indian name of 

 the species.) 



B. Chinexsis, Adans. (Pardanthus Chinensis, ^er.) — Sparingly escaped 

 from gardens, Md. to S. Ind. and Mo. (Adv. from China, etc.) 



4. SISYRINCHIUM, L. Blue-eyed Grass. 



Perianth 6-parted ; the divisions alike, spreading. Stamens monadelphous 

 to the top. Stigmas thread-like. Capsule globular, 3-angled. Seeds globular. 

 — Low slender perennials, with fibrous roots, grassy or lanceolate leaves, mostly 

 branchmg 2-edged or winged stems, and fugacious umbelled-clustered small 

 flowers from a 2-leaved spathe. (A meaningless name, of Greek origin.) 



1. S. angUStifolium, Mill. Scape (4-12' high) winged or wingless, 

 simple, the spathe solitarij and terminal, its outer bract more or less elongated ; 

 flowers delicate blue, changing to purplish (rarely white), the divisions of the 

 perianth more or less notched, bristle-pointed aud ciliate ; mature seeds globose, 

 lanje {^" broad), faintly pitted or nearlij smooth. (S. Bermudiana, var. mu- 

 cronatum, Graij, excl. descr.) — Moist meadows, etc., among grass ; common 

 everywhere. June - Aug. 



2. S. aneeps, Cav. Scape (6-18' high) usually branching and bearing 

 2 or more peduncled spathes ; seeds more ovate, much smaller, deeplv pitted. 

 (S. Bermudiana, var. aneeps. Gran, excl. descr.) — Similar localities ; common 



Order 114. AMARYLLIDACE^. (Amaryllis Family.) 



Chiejlij bulbous and scajje-bearing herbs, not scurfy or ^coolly, ivith linear 

 flat root-leaves., and regular (or nearly so) and perfect 6-androus floivers, 

 the tube of the corolline ^-parted perianth coherent with the ^-celled ovary; 

 the lobes imbricated in the bud. — Anthers introrse. Style single. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled, several - many-seeded. Seeds anatropous or nearly so, with 

 a straight embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. — An order represented 

 in our gardens by the Narcissus, Daffodil, Snoivdrop, etc., but with very 

 few indiijjenous representatives in this country. Bulbs acrid. Differs 

 from Liliaceae chiefly in the inferior ovary. 



* Cayisule 3-valved, loculicidal ; anthers versatile ; perianth funnel-shaped; glabrous. 



1. Zephyranthes. Flower naked in the throat ; the tube short or none. Bulbs coated. 



2. Hymeiiocallis. Flower with a slender tube and narrow recurved lobes ; a cup-shaped 



vTowii connecting the stamens. Bulbs coated. 



3. Agave. Flower equally 6-cleft, persistent, no crown. Fleshy-leaved, not bulbous. 



* * Capsule indehiscent ; anthers sagittate ; villous. 



4. Hypoxis. Perianth 6-parted nearly down to the ovary, persistent. Bulb .■?oUd. 



