Order 141.— BROMELIACE^E. 695 



sulc 3-celled, loculicidal, oo-seeded. — Bulb tunicated, acrid. Scape 2- 

 edged, solid. Spathe 1 -leaved. Fls. white, pendulous. Caps, matur- 

 ing under ground. 



O. nivalis. Snow-drop. Lvs. linear, radical, keeled, acute ; scape 1 -flowered. 

 — Native of the Alps, well knowu iu gardens, flowering early in spring. It is a 

 small plant, half a foot high, arising from a perennial bulb, bearing a single, large, 

 nodding flower, white as snow. Stem usually furnished with 2 long, narrow 

 leaves towards the top. 



8. LEUCOJUM, L. Sxow-flake. (Gr. Xevtwc-, white, lov, violet.) 

 Perianth superior, segments distinct, subequal, often thickened at tho 

 apex; stamens G, inserted on the tip of the ovary, included; style 

 erect, thickened upwards ; stigma entire, obtuse ; capsule fleshy, 3- 

 valved, loculicidal, co-seeded. — Bulb tunicated. Scape 2-edged, iistu- 

 lous. Lvs. few. Spathe 1-lcaved. Fls. pendulous. 



1 L. eestivum L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than tho scape ; spathe many 

 (•4 to 8 (-flowered; caps, pyriform, with numerous black seeds in each cell. — Gar- 

 dens, very pretty. Lvs. 6 or more, of a rich green, long, channeled, sheathing. 

 Scape G to 10' high, sharply 2-angled, bearing at top an umbel of pedicellate nod- 

 ding lis. issuiug from a spathe. Sep. pure white, 6 to 8" long, tipped with a 

 green thickened point. May, Jn. f Eur. 



2 L. vsrnum L. Lvs. linear or strap-shaped, sheathing at base ; sc-ipo 1 or 

 2-fiowered ; perianth segm. with divergent veins, white, marked with a green or 

 yellow tip; seeds 7 in each cell, straw-colored. — Gardens, less frequent than tho 

 other. Mar., Apr. f Eur. (E. rinosma, Herbert.) 



9. KYPOX'IS, L. Star-grass. (Gr. vtto, under, otjvg, sharp; on 

 account of the pointed base of the fruit.) Spathe 2-leavcd ; perianth 

 6-p:irted, regular, persistent ; stamens 6 ; capsule elongated, narrowed 

 at the base, "indchiscent ; seeds numerous, roundish, witli a black, crus- 

 taceous integument. — Small, bulbous, grass-like plants, with yellow Us. 

 Lvs. radical, linear. 



1 II. erecta L. Pilous ; scape about A-fiowered, shorter than tho linear-lanceolate 

 lvs. — In woods and meadows, Can. and U. S. Lvs. all radical, 6 to 12' by 3 to 

 5", very acute. The slender, hairy scapes, several from the same root, arise 6 to 

 8', divided at top into a sort of umbel with 3 to 5 peduncles, having each a min- 

 ute, subulate spathe at the base. Perianth hairy and greenish without, yellow 

 within ; segm. oval, rather obtuse. Jn. 



2 II. filifdlia Ell. Sparingly pilous ; scape 2-flowered, shorter than tho fil.'/orm 

 lvs. — In dry, sandy soils, Ga. and Fla. Same height as the other speciqs. Lv3. 

 8 to 12' long, thread-shaped, but channeled, not half a line wide. lis. rather 

 large (0 to 11" diam.). 



Order CXLI. BROMELIACEJE. Bromeliads. 



Herbs, chiefly epiphytic, with persistent, often scurfy leaves, channeled and sheath- 

 ing. Calyx 3-parted or 3-toothed, often green. Corolla 3-petaled, distinct, imbri- 

 cated, colored. Stamens 0, perigynous. Style single; ovary 3-celled, with numer- 

 ous ovuks. Soeds numerous, embryo at the base of mealy albumen, radicle next 

 the hilurn. Fig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species 170, nearly nil natives of tropical America. Anions them is Ananaesa 

 nativa, the pine apple, very abundant in the Bahamas, which delicious trait consists of tho en- 

 tire Spike of flowers, with'bracts and stem blended into one fleshy mass— a sorosis. Another 

 useful plant is our own TMandttUl uxneoide* — the Spanish inoss of commerce. 



TILLAND'SIA, L. Long Moss. (Named for Prof. E. Tillands, 

 of Abo, author of Flora Abcensis.) Perianth double, 3 sepals mem- 



