MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 15 
oblanceolate petals sometimes 21 in. long, white, often becoming 
rose-tinted ; stigmas nearly erect and somewhat coherent. 
d. (IT. cernuum), Noppine Tritiium. Leaves ovate-diamond- 
shaped, flowers not showy, borne on short pedicels, which are recurved 
beneath the leaves; petals ovate or broadly lanceolate, white or 
whitish ; stigmas stout, separate, and recurved. 
AMARYLLIDACEZH, AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 
Mostly smooth perennial herbs, sending up from a bulb 
a scape and linear root-leaves, which show no distinction 
between petiole and blade. Flowers nearly or quite regular. 
Stamens 6. Tube of the 6-parted, corolla-like perianth adnate 
to the 3-celled ovary. Capsule 5-celled, several-many-seeded. 
NARCISSUS, NARCISSUS. 
Flowers with a cup-shaped or other crown on the throat of 
the perianth ; tube of the perianth somewhat cylindrical, the 
6 divisions of the limb widely spreading. Stamens 6, inserted 
in the tube. Scapes with 1-several flowers from a thin dry 
spathe. 
(N. pseuDO-NARCISSUS), DarropiL, Darry, EASTER-FLOWER. 
Scape short, bearing 1 large yellow flower; tube of perianth short 
and wide, crown with a crimped margin. Cultivated from Europe. 
IRIDACEZ, IRIS FAMILY. 
Herbs with equitant, 2-ranked leaves and usually showy 
perfect flowers enclosed by a sort of spathe composed of 
bracts. Tube of the perianth adnate to the ovary. Stamens 
3, with anthers turned outwards. Style 1, stigmas 3, often 
petal like. Capsule 3-celled and many-seeded (Fig. 168). 
I. IRIS, BLUE FLAG, FLOWER-DE-LUCE. 
Sepals 3, reflexed, larger than the 3 erect petals. Stamens 
3, distinct, borne on the sepals, anthers long and covered by 
the petal-like branches of the style (Fig. 167). Perennials, 
mostly with sword-shaped leaves and large rootstocks (Fig. 34). 
