494 AMARYLLIDACEA:. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



coarsely toothed. Along streams, often in dry soil, Middle Florida to 

 Tennessee. July. 



2. H. Caribsea, Herb. Leaves erect-spreading, widening upward, 2-3 

 long, 3' wide; scape longer than the leaves, strongly compressed, sharp] v 

 2 edged, I'-l^'wide, 8- 12-ttowered ; tube of the perianth 6' long, mostly 

 longer than the linear recurved divisions; crown \ the length of the divisions, 

 funnel-shaped, truncate and slightly toothed between the stamens. Sandy 

 coast, South Florida. July- August. 



* * Scape 1 -4-flowered. 



3. H. COronaria, Kunth. Bulb without runners ; leaves lineac-strap- 

 shaped, flat above, half-cylindrical near the base; scape solitarv, green, 2- 

 edged, 4-flowered ; divisions of the perianth linear, spreading, white ; crown 

 large, funnel shaped, with six truncate lobes at the stamens, and several fine 

 teeth at the sinuses. Hocky islets in the Savannah Kiver at Augusta, and 

 in the Congaree at Columbia (Leconte). Scape and leaves 2 long. 



4. H. lacera, Salisb. Bulb stoloniferous ; leaves erect, widening upward, 



l-l|long, 10"- 15" wide, as long as the slightly compressed, sharply 2- 

 edged, 2- (rarely 3 - 4-) flowered scape ; divisions of the perianth linear, spread- 

 ing or recurved ; 2' -4' long, about equalling the tube, the exterior greenish ; 

 crown soon bowl-shaped, lobed and coarsely toothed between the stamens. 

 (Pancratium rotatum, Auct.) Marshes and wet banks. April - May. 



Var. minor. Widely stoloniferous ; leaves 6"- 10" wide, longer than the 

 2-flowered scape. (P. rotatum, var. minor, Leconte.) Miry river banks along 

 the coast of Florida. April. 



5. H. crassifolia, Herb. Bulb large, with short stolons ; leaves erect, 

 strap-shaped, 2 long; scape thick, glaucous, rather longer than the leaves, 

 2-flowered ; tube of the perianth, 3' 4' long,' thick, shorter than the greenish 

 white broadly linear spreading divisions; crown large, funnel-shaped, one 

 third as long as the divisions, coarsely toothed between the filaments. Wet 

 pine barrens, Florida. May. 



6. H. Palmeri, Watson. Bulb small ; leaves very narrow (3" wide) ; 

 scape slender (8' -10' long), 1 -flowered ; tube of the perianth as long as the 

 narrow divisions ; crown tubular-funnel-shaped, sharply toothed between the 

 stamens. Biscayne Bay, South Florida (Palmer). 



7. H. humilis, Watson. Bulb larger; leaves broader; scape 1 -flowered, 

 nearly as long as the leaves ; perianth greenish, the tube much shorter than 

 the narrow divisions; crown broadly funnel-shaped (8" long), truncate be- 

 tween the stamens. -Indian Kiver, South Florida (Palmer). 



3. CRINUM, L. 



Tube of the perianth crownless at the apex. Otherwise like the preceding 

 both in character and habit. 



1. C. Americanum, L. Leaves strap-shaped, remotely denticulate; 

 scape 2 - 4-flowered ; flowers large, fragrant ; leaves of the perianth white, 

 lanceolate, shorter than the green tube ; ovules 3 in each cell, erect ; capsule 



