AMARYLLIDACEJE. (AMAKYLLIS FAMILY.) 493 



Synopsis. 



* Root bulbous. 



1. ZEPHYRANTHES. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 

 _'. HYMENOCALLIS. Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected with a cup- 

 shaped crown. Stigma entire. 



3. CRINUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



* * Root tuberous. 



4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy. 



5. HYPOXYS. Capsule circuniscissile. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. ZEPHYRANTHES, Herb. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, spreading 

 above, naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free : anthers 

 versatile. Style elongated, declining : stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds black, compressed or angled. Scape erect from a coated 

 bulb, ending in a 1 - 2-leaved 1 -flowered spathe. 



1. Z. Atamasco, Herb. (ATAMASCO LILY.) Scape terete, somewhat 

 lateral, 1 -flowered ; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe 1 -leaved, 2-cleft , 

 perianth short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple; stvle longer 

 than the stamens; seeds angled. Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. 

 March - April. Scape 6'- 12' high, commonly shorter than the glossy leaves. 

 Flower 2' -3' long. 



2. Z. Treatise, Watson. Bulb small; leaves very narrow (H" wide), 

 thick, semiterete, with rounded margins, not shining; scape 4' -12' high; 

 flowers 3' long, white, the segments rather obtuse ; capsule broader than long, 

 its peduncle 3"- 9" long. Low ground, East Florida. April - May. 



3. Z. Simpson!, Chapm. Bulbs V in diameter, globose; leaves concave, 

 1"- 2" wide; scapes 1-3, slightly compressed, 9'- 12' high ; spathe entire, 

 half as long as the perianth ; perianth H' long, pale pink, the oblong-obovate 

 divisions apiculate at the rounded apex ; stamens and style equal, include, 1 ; 

 ovary short-pedicelled, many ovuled. Low pine barrens, South Florida 

 (J. H. Simpson). 



2. HYMENOCALLIS, Salisb. SPIDER LILT. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-parted ; the narrow divisions spreading ; the tube 

 slender and elongated. Stamens united below with a cup-shaped or funnel- 

 shaped variously toothed crown, exserted : anthers versatile, linear. Style 

 elongated, declining : stigma entire. Capsule membranaceous, 3-colled, burst- 

 ing irregularly before the maturity of the conn-like seed. Sea] e from a 

 coated bulb, compressed or 2-edgecl, bearing the large and fragrant leafy- 

 bracted white flowers in a cluster at the apex. Leaves succulent. 



* Scape 6 - 1 2-flowered. 



1 H. OCCidentalis, Kunth Glaucous ; leaves erect, lanceolate, 1 long ; 

 scape slightly compressed and 2-edged, H-2 high, mostly 6-flowered ; tube 

 of the perianth 3' long, about the length of the linear-lanceolate widely 

 spreading divisions; crown about half as long, the broad truncate lobes 



