AMARYLLIDACE^. ( AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 515 



3. B EL AM C AND A, Adans. Blackbekuv-Lily. 



Perianth 6-parted almost to the ovary; the divisions widely and equallv 

 spreading, all nearly alike, ohlong with a narrowed hase, naked. Stamens 

 monadelplious only "at base; anthers oblong. SStyle cluh-sliaped, 3-cleft, the 

 narrow ilivisions tipped with a small dilated stigma. Capsule pear-shaped; 

 the valves at lengtli falling away, leaving the central eolumn covered wifh 

 the globose black and iieshy-coated seeds, imitating a l)lackberry (whence the 

 popnlar name). — Perennial, with rootstocks, tVdiage, etc., of an Iris; the 

 branching stems (.'3-4'^ I'ig'O loosely many-flowered; the; orange-yelhnv jjeri- 

 anth mottled al)ove with crimson-purple spots. (An East Indian name of 

 the species.) 



B. CniNicNSis, Adans. (Pardanthus Chinensis, A>r.) — Sparingly escaped 

 from gardens, Md. to S. Ind. and Mo. (Adv. from China, etc.) 



4. SISYRINCHIUM, L. Blue-eyei> Gkass. 



Perianth 6-parted ; the divisions alike, spreading. Stamens monadelphous 

 to the top. Stignias thread-like. Capsule globular, 3-angled. Seeds globular. 

 — Low slender perennials, with fibrous roots, grassy or lanceolate leaves, mostly 

 branching 2-edged or winged stems, and fugacious umbelled-clustered small 

 flowers from a 2-leaved spathe. (A meaningless name, of Greek origin.) 



1. S. angUStifolium, Mill. Scape (4-12' high) winged or wingless, 

 simple, the spathe soUtarij and terminal, its outer bract more or less elongated ; 

 flowers delicate blue, changing to purplish (rarely white), the divisions of the 

 perianth more or less notched, bristle-pointed and ciliate ; mature seeds globose, 

 Umje {h" broad), faintly pitted or nearlji smooth. (S. Bermudiana, var. mu- 

 cronatum, Grai/, excl. descr.) — Moist meadows, etc., among grass ; common 

 everywhere. June -Aug. 



2. S. ^nceps, Cav. Scape (6-18' high) usually branching and bearing 

 2 or more peduncled spathes; seeds more ovate, much smaller, deeply pitted. 

 (S. Bermudiana, var. anceps, Graij, excl. descr.) — Similar localities ; common. 



Order 114. AMAKYLLIDACE^E. (Amaryllis Family.) 



Chiefly bulbous mid scape-bearing herbs, not scurf y or woolli/, with linear 

 flat root-leaves, and regular {or nearly so) and perfect 6-androus flowers, 

 the tube of the corolline 6-parted perianth coherent ivith the 3-celled ovary ; 

 the lobes imbricated in the bud. — Anthers introrse. Style single. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled, several - many-seeded. Seeds anatropous or nearly so, with 

 a straight embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. — An order rejiresented 

 in our gardens by the Narci.^sus, Daffodil, Snowdrop, etc., but with very 

 few indigenous representatives in this country. Bulbs acrid. Differs 

 from LiliaeefB chiefly in the inferior ovary. 



* Capsule .".-valvcd, loculicidal ; anthers vei-satile ; i>erianth funnel-sliaped ; glabrous. 

 1. Zcphyranthes. Flower naked in the throat ; the tube short or none. Bulbs coated. 

 -. Uynienocallis. Flower with a slender tube and narrow recurved lobes ; a cup-shaped 

 viown connecting tlie stamens. Bulbs coated. 



3. Agave. Flower equally 6-cleft, persistent, no crown. Fleshy-leaved, not bulbous. 



• • Capsule indehisccnt ; anthers sagittate ; villous. 



4. Hypoxis. Perianth 0-parted nearly down to the ovarj', persistent. Bulb solid. 



