MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 43 
elongated, declined. Stigma 3-cleft. Fruit a many-seeded, 
3-valved capsule, seeds black, compressed, or angled.* 
1. Z. Atamasco, Herb. AtTAmAsco Liry. Bulbs about 1 in. in 
diameter. Leaves narrow, concave above, smooth, usually longer 
than the scape. Scape 6-12 in. high, 1-flowered. Spathe 1-leaved, 
2-cleft. Flowers 2-3 in. long, white, tinged with pink or purple, 
bell-shaped, short-peduncled. Stamens longer than the tube, shorter 
than the style. Capsule depressed-globose, seeds angled. In rich, 
damp soil, often cultivated.* 
Il. NARCISSUS, L. 
Scapes with 1-several flowers from a thin, dry spathe. 
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. 
1. N. Pseudo-narcissus, L. Darropit, DArry, EASTER-FLOWER. 
Scape short, bearing 1 large yellow flower ; tube of perianth short 
and wide, crown with a crimped margin. Cultivated from Europe. 
2. N. Tazetta, var. orientalis. CHINESE SAcRED LiLy. Bulb 
large, often with many smaller ones attached to its base. Scape 
1 ft. or more high. Flowers several, umbeled, fragrant. Perianth 
white or nearly so, the crown rather spreading, finely scalloped, 
yellow or orange. Cultivated from China. 
3. N. poeticus, L. Port’s Narcissus. Scape l-flowered. Peri- 
anth pure white, the crown very narrow, edged with pink. Culti- 
vated from S. Europe. 
Ill. HYPOXIS, L. 
Small, stemless herbs. Leaves grass-lke, hairy, from 
a solid bulb. Scapes thread-like, few-flowered. Perianth 
6-parted, wheel-shaped, the 3 outer divisions greenish on the 
outside, the whole perianth withering on the pod. Seeds 
numerous. 
1. H. erecta, L. StTar-Grass.: Leaves longer than the scape, 
both sparsely set with long, soft hairs. Scape 3-8 in. high. Flowers 
1-4, about 3 in. across, yellow. Common in meadows and dry 
woods. 
