332 ORDER 139. AMARYLLIDACE.E. 



6. CANNA, L. INDIAN SHOT. Sepals 3, persistent on the lubercled 

 fruit. Petals 6, the innermost 2- or 3-lobed at the end. Stamen petaloid, 

 with a half anther on one edge. Stigma petaloid, flat, obtuse. if. Hand- 

 some evergreen herbs, with tall stems and large smooth leaves. 



COEYTHIUM. Corolla tube manifest. Petals dilated. Anther wholly adnate... No. 1 

 CANNA proper. Cor. tube short or 0. Petals narrow. Anther free above.. Nos. 2 4 



1 C. flticcida Rose. Stem 3 4f; Ivs. lanceolate, 2f, pointed both ways; eep. erect, 



not | the length of the tube of the funnel-form corolla ; petals and filaments obovate, 

 i\\\n, flaccid, wavy, yellow, spirally arranged ; stig. spatulate. Ponds, South. 



2 C. INDICA. Stem 3 6f, leafy; Ivs. ovate, pointed, 1 2f, abrupt at base ; sep. green, 



G" ; 3 outer pet. erect, green-tipped, the 3 inner recurved or reflexed, the Fth double 

 (2-lobed at end), the stamens and style similar (2'), all scarlet. W. Indies. 



3 C. DISCOLOR. Stem G lOf; Ivs. very large, green and purple; fls. in pairs, crimson. 



4 C. IRJDIFL6RA. From Peru. Downy ; sheaths colored at edge ; fls. drooping, 3', red. 



7. THALIA, L. Flowers in a 2-leaved spathe. Cal. 3-sepalled, small. 

 Cor. G-parted, 3 inner pet. very unequal. Sta. 2-parted, the inner segment 

 slender, bearing the $ anther. Caps. thin. U ? Scape sheathed at base 

 by the petioles, tall, paniculate above. Flowers small, purple. 



1 T. tleallmta Rose. Plant 4f, covered with a white powder ; Ivs. cordate-ovate, on 



long petioles ; panicles dense, erect, the branches as short as the lanceolate bracts. S. 



2 T. divarleata Chapm. Plant not powdery, 7f ; Ivs. lance-ovate, rounded at base ; 



panicle open, divaricate, branches zigzag, much longer than the linear bracts. Fla. 



ORDER CXXXIX. AMARYLLIDACE.E. AMARYLLIDS. 



Herbs perennial, chiefly bulbous, with linear leaves not scurfy nor woolly. 

 Flowers showy, mostly regular and on scapes, with an adherent, 6-parted 

 perianth. Stamens 6, anthers introrse. Ovary 3-celled, with styles united 

 into 1. Fruit a 3-celled capsule or berry. Seeds 1 to X, with fleshy albu- 

 men. Figs. 58, 8G, 486, 495. 



Perianth crowned with a firm cup containing the stamens ( 78, 79) NARCISSUS. 1 



Perianth crowned with a thin mem-brane connecting the stamens PANCRATIUM. 2 



Perianth uot crowned. a Segments united into a tube above the ovary. . .(!/) 



a Segments distinct down to the ovary... (a, 

 It Flowers in umbels or solitary on the naked scape... (<l) 

 b Flowers in spikes, racemes, or panicles. Scape bracted. ..(?) 



d Tube long and slender, segments narrow, abruptly spreading ORIXUM. 3 



d Tube short or long, gradually expanding. Perianth subirregular AMARYLLIS. 4 



t Tube of the perianth straight. Stamens exserted AGAVE. 6 



t Tube of the perianth curved. Stamens included POLYANTHKS. 6 



x Perianth irregular. Stems leafy, flowers umbelled ALSTRCEMKKL* 1 



x Perianth irregular. Scape naked, with 1 large Mower SPRHKEUA. 9 



* Perianth regular. ?/ Sepals all white, larger than the petals GALANTHUS. 9 



// Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petals LKITCOJU.W. 10 



y Sepals and petals equal, yellow HYPOXIS. 11 



1. NARCISSUS, L. Perianth regular, G-parted, bearing a bell- or 



cup-form crown on the throat. Sta. 6, inserted in the tube, and concealed 



\vitliin the crown. U Stems bulbous, scapes bearing a long deciduous 



ppathe with 1 or more yellow or white fragrant flowers. Leaves linear. 



S Crown longer than the tube of the perianth. Scape 1 -flowered Nos. 1, 3 



