334 ORDER 139. AMARYLLIDACE^E. 



6, exserted, anth. soon versatile. Caps, obtusely 3-angled, oc-seeded. y 

 Monocarpic herbs ( 42). Crown-root with thick fibres, a dense clump of 

 thick, rigid, often spiny Ivs. Scape bracted, with numerous flowers. July 



1 A. Virginlca L. Lvs. lin. -lanceolate, spine-pointed, denticulate; scape simple, 



4-6f, loosely spicate above ; r!?. greenish-yellow, 1', sessile, fragrant. Rocks, Va., and S. 



2 A. AMERICANA. Century Plant, Lvs. glaucous, striped with cream-color in some va- 



rieties, lanceolate, spine-pointed and toothed, very thick and stout, 3 8f ; scape pro- 

 duced but once, after 50100 years, tree-like, with innumerable flowers. Mexico. 



6. POLYANTHUS for Polianthes), L. TUBE-ROSE. Perianth funnel- 

 form, with a curved tube. Fil. inserted into the throat, included. Ovary 

 at the bottom of the tube, its summit free, if Root an upright rhizome. 



P. TUBEROSA. Stem simple, slender, leafy-bracted, 3f, with a spike of rose-white flow- 

 ers, 1}', subregular, of exquisite fragrance. From Ceylon. Aug., Sept. 



7. ALSTRCEMERIA, L. Perianth funnel-form, some irregular, of 6 

 leavgs distinct to the ovary. Sta. diclinate. Stig. 3-cleft. if Root a rhi- 

 zome, bearing tubers. Stems leafy, umbellate at top. 



1 A. PSITTACINA. Erect, 1 2f, with remote, lanceolate, sessile leaves ; fls. 6 8, in a leafy 



cluster, pedicellate, 1J' ; segments spatulate, red, spotted with green. Brazil. 



2 A. PELEGMNA. Lvs. sessile, lance-linear, twisted ; fls. 26, pink-white, purp.-spotted. 



3 A. VERSICOLOR. Perianth nearly regular, yellow, with purple spots. Chili. 



8. SPREKELIA, Endl. JACOB^EA LILY. Perianth bilabiate, segments 

 distinct to the ovary, the upper 3 spreading. Sta. epigynous, unequal, and 

 with the style decimate, the ends incurved, if Bulbous. Scape hollow, 

 1-flowered. Leaves linear, erect. 



S. FORBiosissiMA. A splendid flower from S. America. Scape If. Flower dark red. 



9. GALANTHUS, L. SNOW-DROP. Petals shorter than the sepals, 

 notched or lobed. Sta. epigynous, erect, included, shorter than the straight 

 style, if Bulb coated, acrid. Scape 2-edged, solid. Flowers white, pen- 

 dulous. Pods maturing under ground. 



G. KIVALIS. cape 6', 2-leaved ; flower 1, as white as snow, in early Spring. Europe. 



10. LEUCOJUM, L. SNOW-FLAKE. Sen. and pet. subequal, often thick- 

 ened at apex. Sta. epigynous, included, and style erect. Stig. entire, ob- 

 tuse, if Bulb coated. Scape 2-edged, hollow. Flowers drooping. 



1 L. VERNUM. Lvs. linear; scape 1-2-flwd. ; eep. white, tipped with green or yellow, 



with divergent veins ; spathe 1 -leaved; seeds straw-color. March, April. 



2 1^. ^ESTIVUM. Lvs. linear ; scape 4-8-flwd., umbellate, 6 10' ; sepals 68", pure white 



with green tips ; spathe 1-leaved ; seeds black. May, June. Europe. 



11. HYPOXIS, L. STAR-GRASS. Spathe 2-leaved. Perianth regular, 

 rotate. Seeds GO, black, if Small, bulbous, grass-like, with yellow flow- 

 ers on filiform scapes. Meadows and copses. 



1 II. erecta L. Hairy ; ecapc about 4-flowered, shorter than the linear leaves, which 



are 3 5" wide ; flowers greenish without, yellow within. June. 



2 H. iilifolia Ell. Smoothish ; scape 2-flowered, shorter than the filiform leaves, 



which are not i" wide. Dry noil?. S. Flowers rather larger (911"). 



