ORDER U1.~BROMELIACE^E. 695 



sule 3-celled, loculicidal, oo-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 

 small 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. LEUCCTJUM, L. SNOW-FLAKE. (Gr. ksvKo$, white, lov, violet.) 

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

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

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

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

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



1 L. cestivum L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than the scape ; spatho many 

 (4 to 8)-flowered ; caps, pyriform, with numerous black seeds in each cell. Gar- 

 dens, very pretty. Lvs. G 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, 6 to 8" long, tipped with a 

 green thickened point. May, Jn. f Eur. 



2 L. vermim 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 coll, straw-colored. Gardens, less frequent than tho 

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



9. HYPOX'IS, L. STAR-GRASS. (Gr. VTTO, under, o^uf, sharp; on 

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

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

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

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

 Lvs. radical, linear. 



1 H. erecta L. Pilous ; scape about 4-flowered, shorter than tho linear-lanceolate 

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

 5", very acute. Tho slender, hairy scapes, several from the same root, arise 6 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 tho other species. Lvs. 

 8 to 12' long, thread-shaped, but channeled, not half a lino wide. 1'ls. rather 

 large (D to 11" diam.).- 



ORDER CXLI. BROMELIACE^. 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, imbri- 

 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 

 tho hilum. Tig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species 170, nearly nil natives of tropical America. Among them is Ananassa 

 itativa, the pine apple, very abundant in the Bahamas, which delicious fruit consists of the en- 

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

 useful plant is our own Tillandsia usneoides tho Spanish inoss of commerce. , 



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

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



