354 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



f. 8. anceps Linn. : scape simple, winged ; spathe unequal, shorter 

 than the flowers ; segments mucronate. . gra-mineum Lam. 



HAB. Pastures, &c. Can. to Car. July. If. Stem a foot 

 high. Spathe of two lanceolate nearly equal valves, not colour- 

 ed as in the preceding. Flowers 3 or 4 in each spathe, blue. 



Blue-eyed Grass. 



ORDER CXVIII. AMARYLLIDE^. Brown. Lind. 



Perianth petaloid, regular, 6-cleft ; the outer segments 

 overlapping the inner. Stamens 6, inserted on the perianth ; 

 anthers bursting inwardly. Ovary 3-celled, the cells many- 

 seeded, sometimes 1 2 ; style 1 ; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a 

 3-celled, 3-valved capeule, or a 1 3-ecedcd berry. Seeds 

 with a thin and membranous, or thick and fleshy integument ; 

 albumen fleshy ; embryo nearly straight ; radicle next the hil- 

 um. 



Generally bulbous, sometimes fibrous rooted. Leaves ensi- 

 form, with parallel veins. 



1. AMARYLLIS. Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted, petaloid, irregular. Stamens 6, arising 

 from the orifice of the tube, declined or straight, unequal. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



A. atamasco Linn. : spathe bifid, acute ; flower pedicellate ; perianth 

 subcampanulate, subequal, erect, short and tubular at the base ; sta- 

 mens declined, equal. 



HAB. . Shady woods. Penn. Muhl. S. to Car. June. If. 

 Scape 6 inches high. Leaves a foot long, linear, concave, 

 smooth. Flower solitary, large, white and pink. 



Atamasco Lilly. 



ORDER CXIX. HYPOXIDE^. Brown. Lind. 



Perianth petaloid, usually 6-parted, regular ; aestivation 

 imbricate. Stamens 6, inserted into the base of the segments. 

 Ovary inferior, 3-celled, many-seeded ; style single ; stigma 

 3-lobed. Capsule indehiscent, sometimes succulent. Seeds 

 numerous, with a black crustaceous integument and a ros- 

 telliform hilum ; embryo in the axis of- fleshy albumen. 



Herbs stemless or nearly so. Leaves plaited. 



1. HYPOXIS. Linn. 

 Spsthc 2-valved. Perianth superior, 6-parted, persistent 



