AMAEYLLIDACE^ 295 



V. AMARYLLIDACEJE. AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 



Differs from Liliacess chiefly in having an inferior ovary and in 

 bearing its flowers more uniformly on scapes. More than 600 species 

 in nearly 70 genera, widely dispersed. Representative plants are 

 narcissus, daffodil, snowdrop, tuberose, amaryllis lilies. Plants of 

 the first three genera may be grown from bulbs in the school -room. 



A. Stem a leafless scape. 



B. Perianth with a crown or cup in its center 1. Narcissus 



BB. Perianth with no cup. 



c. Anthers and style pointed 2. Galanthus 



CO. Anthers and style blunt 3. Leucoium 



AA. Stem tall and leafy 4. Polianthes 



1. NARCISSUS. NARCISSUS. DAFFODIL. 



Low plants producing from 1 to many 6-parted flowers on a scape which 

 arises from a tunicated bulb : perianth with a long tube and bearing a cup 

 or crown in its center. Old "World, but frequently cultivated. 



a. Crown as long as, or longer than, the divisions of the perianth. 



N. Pseudo- Narcissus, Linn. Trumpet narcissus. Common daffodil. 

 Fig. 234. Scape 1-flowered, the flower large and yellow with a relatively 

 short tube and a wavy-edged crown. Leaves flat and glaucous. Double 

 forms are common in gardens. 



aa. Crown half or more as long as the divisions of the perianth. 



N. incomparabilis, Curt. Scape 1-flowered. the flower about 2 in. or 

 more across, yellow, the cylindrical tube 1 in. long, the crown plaited and 

 usiially a deeper yellow: leaves flat and glaucous. 



aaa. Crown less than half the length of the division. 



N. Taz6tta, Linn. Polyanthus narcissus. Chinese 

 sacred lily. Fig. 435. Flowers several to many in an 

 umbel, yellow or white, small, the crown usually darker 

 colored and usually somewhat scalloped : leaves flat and 

 somewhat glaucous. One of the commonest kinds. 

 The narcissus known to florists as " Paper-white " is a 

 white-flowered form of this species. 



N. po6ticuB, Linn. PoeVs narcissus. Scape rather 

 slender, usually 1-flowered, the flower white with the 

 thick rim of the very short crown margined with red : 435. 



leaves flat, glaucous. Narcissus Tazetta. 



N. Jonquilla, Linn. Jonquil. Scape 2-5-flowered, the flowers small and 

 yellow, the tube slender and the segments wide-spreading: leaves linear, 

 somewhat cylindrical. 



