ORDER 141. BROMELIACE^E. 695 



sule 8-celled, loculicidal, co-seeded. Bulb tunicated, acrid. Scape 2- 

 edged, solid. Spathe 1 -leaved. Fls. white, pendulous. Caps, matur- 

 ing under ground. 



G. nivalis. SNOW-DROP. Lvs. linear, radical, keeled, acute ; scape 1 -flowered. 

 Native of the Alps, well known in gardens, flowering early in spring. It is a 

 email plant, half a foot high, arising from a perennial bulb, bearing a single, large, 

 nodding flower, white as snow. Stem usually furnished with 2 long, narrow 

 leaves towards the top. 



8. LEUCO'JUM, L. SNOW-FLAKE. (Gr. tevftbs, white, tov, violet.) 

 Perianth superior, segments distinct, subequal, often thickened at the 

 apex ; stamens 6, inserted on the tip of the ovary, included ; style 

 erect, thickened upwards ; stigrna entire, obtuse ; capsule fleshy, 3- 

 valved, loculicidal, co-seeded. Bulb tunicated. Scape 2-edged, fistu- 

 lous. Lvs. few. Spathe 1-leaved. Fls. pendulous. 



1 L. aestivum L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than the scape ; spathe many 

 (4 to8j-flowered; caps, pyriform, with numerous black seeds in each cell. Gar- 

 dens, very pretty. Lvs. 6 or more, of a rich green, long, channeled, sheathing. 

 Scape 6 to 10' high, sharply 2-angled, bearing at top an umbel of pedicellate nod- 

 ding fls. issuing from a spathe. Sep. pure white, G to 8" long, tipped with a 

 green thickened point. May, Jn. f Eur. 



2 L. veraum L. Lvs. linear or strap-shaped, sheathing at base ; scape 1 or 

 2-flowered ; perianth segm. with divergent veins, white, marked with a green or 

 yellow tip ; seeds 7 in each cell, straw-colored. -Gardens, less frequent than tho 

 other. Mar., Apr. f Eur. (L. rinosma, Herbert.) 



9. HYPOX'IS, L. STAR-GRASS. (Gr. VTTO, iindcr, oi;f, sharp ; on 

 account of the pointed base of the fruit.) Spathe 2-leaved ; perianth 

 G-parted, regular, persistent; stamens 0; capsule elongated, narrowed 

 at the base, indehiscent ; socds numerous, roundish, with a black, crus- 

 taceous integument. Small, bulbous, grass-like plants, with yellow fts. 

 Lvs. radical, linear. 



1 H. erecta L. Pilous ; scape about ^-/lowered, shorter than the linear-lanceolate 

 Ivs. In woods and meadows, Can. and U. S. Lvs. all radical, 6 to 12' by 3 to 

 5", very acute. The slender, hairy scapes, several from the same root, arise G to 

 8', divided at top into a sort of umbel with 3 to 5 peduncles, having each a min- 

 ute, subulate spathe at the base. Perianth hairy and greenish without, yellow 

 within ; segm. oval, rather obtuse. Jn. 



2 H. filifolia Ell. Sparingly pilous ; scape 2-flowered, shorter than tho filiform 

 Ivs. In dry, sandy soils, Ga. and Fla. Same height as the other species. Lvs. 

 8 to 12' long, thread-shaped, but channeled, not half a line wide. Fls. rather 

 large (9 to 11" diam.). 



ORDER CXLT. BROMELIACEJE. BROMELIADS. 



Herbs, chiefly epiphytic, with persistent, often scurfy leaves, channeled and sheath- 

 ing. Calyx 3 -parted or 3 -toothed, often green. Corolla 3-petaled, distinct, imbrU 

 cated, colored. Stamens 6, perigynous. Style single ; ovary 3-celled, with numer- 

 ous ovules. Seeds numerous, embryo at the base of mealy albumen, radicle next 

 the hilum. Fig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species 170, nearly nil natives of tropical America. Amons: them is AnatKissa 

 *;/<<</. the i.inc apple, very abundant in the Bahamas, which delicious fruit consists of the en- 

 tire spike of flowers, with bracts ,-iml stem blended into one fleshy mass a sorosis. Another 

 useful plant is our own Tillandsiil usneoides the Spanish moss of commerce. 



TILLAND'SIA, L. LONG Moss. (Named for Prof. E. Tillands, 

 of Abo, author of Flora Aboeusis.) Perianth double, 3 sepals mem- 



