KEY TO THE GENERA. 



Suborder I. Amarylle.e. — Eootstock a timicatecl bulb. Leaves all 

 radical. Peduncle a leafless scape. 



Tribe 1. Coronate. — Flower furnished with a corona between 

 the iDerianth and stamens. 



1. Cryptostephanus. — Perianth funnel-shaped; tube long. 

 Corona of 12 minute linear scales. — Angola. 



2. Narcissus. — Perianth hypocrateriform ; tube long. Corona 

 a distinct petaloid cup. — Eurojje, West Asia, North Africa. 



3. Tapeinanthus. — Perianth-tube very short. Corona of 

 6 minute scales. — Spain, Morocco. 



4. Placea. — Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube very short. Corona 

 small, membranous, deeply 6-cleft. — Cldli. 



Tribe 2. Amarylle.e GENuiNiE. — Corona none ; filaments fi'ee. 

 ''' Anthers erect ; filaments ijiserted at or near the base. 

 t Stamens epigijnous ; filaments short. 



5. Galanthus. — Inner segments different from the outer, per- 

 manently connivent. — South Europe, West Asia. 



6. Leucojum. — Perianth-segments all alike. Filaments short. 

 — South Europe, Xorth Africa. 



7. Lapiedra. — Perianth-segments all ahke. Filaments long. — 

 Spai7i. 



if Stamens periijijnous ; anthers small, globose. 



8. Hessea. — Perianth-tube none or very short. — Cape. 



9. Carpolyza. — Perianth-tube distinct. — Cape. 



ftt Stamens perigynous ; anthers oblong or linear -oblong. 

 Flowers solitary. 



10. Gethyllis. — Peduncle short. Perianth hypocrateriform. 

 Stamens uniseriate, often numerous. — Cape. 



11. Apodolirion. — Peduncle short. Perianth funnel-shaped. 

 Stamens biseriate. — Cape. 



12. CooPERiA. — Peduncle elongated. — Texas d- North Mexico. 



Flowers umbellate. 



13. Anoiganthus. — Perianth-tube very short. Filaments long, 

 filiform. — Cape. 



14. Chlidanthus. — Perianth-tube long. Filaments short, 

 dilated at the base. — Andes. 



