AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 445 
1. Hymenocallis occidentalis (Ie Conte) 
Kunth. Hymenocallis. (Fig. 1064.) 
Pancratium Carolinianum 1,. Sp. Pl. 291. 1753.? 
Pancratium occidentale LeConte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3: 146. 
1830. 
Hymenocallis occidentalis Kunth, Enum. 5: 856. 1850. 
Bulb large. Leaves linear-oblong, narrowed at each 
end, fleshy glaucous, 1°-2° long, 9’’-2’ wide; scape 
stout, equalling or longer than the leaves; bracts 
linear-lanceolate, 114’-2'4’ long; umbel several-flow- 
ered; perianth-tube 114’/—2’’ in diameter, 3/-5’ long, 
the linear lobes nearly as long; crown funnelform, 
narrowed below, 1/-1'4’ long, its margins entire, 
erose or 2-toothed between the filaments; free part of 
the filaments about 1’ long, white; anthers about 14’ 
long and 14’ wide, yellow; style extending for 2’—3/ 
beyond the crown, green; fruit 6’’-9’’ in diameter. 
In moist soil, Georgia to southern Illinois and Mis- oa i 
souri. July-Sept. lee: - 
AR AGA Enoles Spite liae sem 75oe 
Fleshy herbs, some tropical species very tall, with a short crown-like or erect rootstock 
(caudex ) and tall bracted scapes, the leaves large, thick, sometimes spiny-toothed, basal, or 
clustered at the top of the caudex, and large, bracted flowers in terminal spikes or com- 
pound clusters. Perianth tubular or funnelform, withering-persistent, of 6 erect or spread- 
ing equal or nearly equal lobes, united below into a tube. Stamens inserted on the peri- 
anth at the bases of the lobes, exserted; filaments flattened or filiform; anthers versatile. 
Ovary 3-celled; style slender, exserted, 3-lobed; ovules numerous, in 2 rows in each cavity of 
the ovary. Capsule oyoid, subglobose or oblong, 3-lobed, thick-walled, many-seeded. Seeds 
compressed, somewhat cuneate, black. [Greek, signifying noble. ] 
About 140 species, all American, Besides the following, some 12 others occur in the southwest- 
ern States. 
1. Agave Virginica I. False Aloe. 
(Fig. 1065.) 
Agave Virginica I,. Sp. Pl. 323. 1753. 
Glabrous throughout, rootstock a short crown 
with numerous fibrous roots, Scape 2°-6° tall, 
rather slender, sometimes nearly %’ in diameter at 
the base, its bracts distant, long-acuminate, the 
lower 3/—-6’ long; leaves narrowly oblong, 14°-2° 
long, '/-2'%’ wide, acuminate, their margins en- 
tire or denticulate; spike 1°-2° long, loose; flowers 
greenish yellow, odorous, solitary in the axils of 
short bracts, sessile or the lowest distinctly pedi- 
celled; perianth nearly tubular, slightly expanded 
above, 8’/-12’’ long, the tube about twice as long as 
the erect lobes; filaments at length about as long as 
the perianth; capsule 5/’’—8’’ in diameter, slightly 
longer than thick, abruptly contracted into a short 
stalk. 
In dry soil, Maryland to Indiana and Missouri, south 
to Florida and Texas. 
5. HYPOXIS L. Syst. Ed. 10, 2: 986. 1759. 
Low, mostly villous herbs with a corm or short rootstock, grass-like leaves and slender 
few-flowered scapes, the flowers rather small. Perianth 6-parted, its segments equal or 
nearly so, separate to the summit of the ovary, spreading, withering-persistent, the 3 outer 
ones greenish on the lower side in our species. Stamens inserted on the bases of the peri- 
anth-segments; filaments short; anthers erect, sagittate or entire. Ovary 3-celled; style 
short; stigmas 3, erect; ovules numerous, in 2 rows in each cavity. Capsule subglobose or 
oblong, thin-walled, not dehiscent by valves. Seeds globular, black, laterally short-beaked 
by their stalks. [Greek, originally given to some plant with sour leaves. ] 
About 50 species, widely distributed. Besides the following, 2 others occur in the southern States. 
