214 HEXANDRIA. MONOGTNIA. 



310. CRINUM. Z. 



Corolla superior, funnelform, half 6-cIeft; 

 tube filiform, border spreading and recurved: 

 segQients subulate* chanelled. Filaments in- 

 serted upon the orifice of the tube, separate. 



Spatha 2-parted, many-flowered, in some species bulbs 

 are produced amongst the capsules. 



Species. 1. C. americanum. Plentiful in the marshes 

 around New Orleans, Louisiana. 



A tropical genus of great splendour, of which there are 

 2 species in India, 1 in Africa, and 3 in America; the na- 

 tive place of C. bracteatiim is unknown. 



311. AMARYLLIS. L. 



Corolla superior, liexapetaloid^ irregular. 

 Filaments of the stamina originating from the 

 orifice of the tube, declinate, (or straight,) un- 

 equal in proportion or direction. 



Spatha 1 or many-flowered, opening laterally- 

 Species. 1. A. Atamasco. In Virginia and Carolina. 

 A very splendid and numerous genus, chiefly tropical, 

 and principally indigenous to America and the southern 

 extremity of Africa; a few species exist in India and 

 China, 1 in Kurope, 1 in Siberia, and 1 on the borders of 

 the Caspian sea. 



312. ALLIUM. L. (Garlick, Leek, Onion, &c.) 

 Corolla 6 -parted, spreading. Spatha many- 

 flowered. Umbell crowded. Capsule superior, 

 3-celIed, 3-valved, many-seeded. 



Flowers capitate or umbellate; leaves flat or fistulous; 

 umbell in some species bulbiferous; in some the fila- 

 ments are tncuspidate, with the central cusp bearing the 

 anther. 



Species. 1. A. vi?icale. Naturalized. Now a preva- 

 lent and injurious weed. 2.fragrans. S. striatum. 4. an- 

 ^ulo»um. Two varieties, one with white and another with 

 purple flowers. On the banks of the Missouri, abundant. 

 5 cernuum- 6. stellatnm. Sims, Dot. Mag. Obs. Scape 10 

 to 15 incnes high. Leaf linear, channelled, under side 

 carinate, about a line and a half broad, and 10 lines long 

 Scape subtriquelrous, umbelliferous, umbcli fastigiate, 



