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S Crown shorter than the tube, x its border crenated. Flowers 15 Nos. 35 



x its border 6-lobed. Flowers 1 3 No. 6 



x its border entire. Flowers 520 Nos. 7, 8 



1 N. PsEUDO-NARcfssus. Daffodil. Scape 2-edged, If; Ivs. linear, If; fl. large, ylw. ; 



crown bell-form, eerrate-crenate, as long as the pet. Often double: com. Apr., May. 



2 N. BULBOCODITJM. Hoop-petticoat. Fl. ylw. ; cr. much larger than perianth. Apr., May. 



3 N. JONQULLLA. Jonquils. Fls. 2 5, yellow, frag., small ; crown saucer-shaped, much 



shorter than the petals ; scape terete ; Ivs. half round, If. From Spain. May, June. 



4 N. BIFLORUS. P)*imrose-pecrless. Fls. generally 2. cream- wh., crown cup-shaped, ylw. 



5 N. POETICUS. Poet's N. Fl. 1, white, crown flattish, t^ty small, pale-yellow, edged 



with crimson, throat yellow. Fl. often double. Scape If. Lvs. flat. June. S. Eur. 



G N. ODORUS. Great Jonquil. Fl. mostly solitary, yellow, powerfully fragrant, crown 



bell-form, 6", the lobes entire ; limb 1' long, tube slender, 9". S. Europe. If. May. 



7 N. TAZETTA. Crown yellow, bell-form, half as long as the white or yellow petals, the 



border truncate ; leaves glaucous, flat. Spain. May, June. Numerous varieties. 



8 IV. POLYANTHUS. . Crown white, thrice shorter than the ovate white petals, border 



nearly entire ; leaves green, flat. Spain. Beautiful, but too tender north. 



2. PANCRATIUM, L. Perianth tube produced above the (senile) 

 ovary, long and slender, the 6 segm. long and narrow. Stam. 6, adnate to 

 the crown, exserted ; anth. versatile, if Bulb coated, scape solid, 2-edged, 

 bearing a bracted umbel of large (white) flowers. (Leaves linear.) 



Crown adnate below to the dilated throat and segment of the perianth Nos. 1, 2 



Crown free, funnel-form, throat of perianth not dilated. Tube straight Nos. 3, 4 



1 P. maritimum L. Plant glaucous ; Ivs. longer than scape ; tube 3 4', longer than 



the lin. -lanceolate segm. ; crown half-adherent, 12-toothed. Marshes, S. July Sept. 



2 P. iiutaiis Gawl. Plant green ; Ivs. very long (2f) ; fls. nodding, with a green curved 



tube 2', seg. nearly 3' ; sta. incurved ; crown slightly adherent. S. Car. (Herbert.) 



3 P. rotatum Gawl. Plant glaucous, 1 2f ; Ivs. long, strap-shaped, obtuse; tube 3', 



green, shorter than the linear segments ; crown irregularly toothed. S. April, May. 



4 P. coronarium Leconte. Plant green, 2f; Ivs. lance-linear, obtuse; tube 34', 



seg. as long ; crown funnel-form, 1|', jagged at edge ; sta. 2^'. Wet or dry. South. 



3. CRINUM, L. Flowers nearly as in Pancratium, but destitute of a 

 crown, n Bulb coated. Leaves in many rows. Scape solid. 



1 C. American um L. Lvs. lin.-oblong ; ova. sessile, 34 in the umbel ; tube green 



and lance-lin., white segm. about equal (40 ; caps. 1-6-seeded. Swamps, Fla., and W. 



2 C. AMABILE. Bulb stem-like ; Ivs. broad-linear ; scape flattened, 3 4f, bearing an um- 



bel of 2030 purple fragrant flowers 9' long ; pet. ligulate, recurved. E. India. 



3 C ORNATUM. Bulb globular; Ivs. undulate; scape 3f, 10-20-flowered ; fls. white to 



roseate, very large ; segments lance-oblong. E. India. Many varieties. 



4. AMARYLLIS, L. Perianth tube long or short, expanding upward ; 

 limb regular or nearly so. Sta. free, anth. versatile. Style long, decimate. 

 It Bulb coated. Leaves narrow. Scape 1-few-flowered. 



1 A. Atamasco L. Atamasco Lily. Scape 1-flwd. ; perianth bell-form, erect, 3 r , pink- 



white ; tube slender below, 1' ; filaments included. An attractive flower, in wet clay 

 soils, Va. to Fla. Scape terete, <> 12'. Lvs. linear, If. Mar.-May. (ZephyranthusHerb.) 



2 A, VITTATA. Per. 3 4J, nodding, white, red striped inside, margins crisped. S. Am. 



3 A. REGIN.E. Per. nodding, scarlet with a green star, throat fringed; fls. 2-^4. S.Am. 



4 A. BPECIOSA. Fls. 24, blood-red, erect, 3' long, funnel-form. S. Afr. (Vallota, Hb.) 



5. AGAVE, L. AMERICAN ALOE. Perianth funnel-form, 6-partcd. Sta. 



