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yellow, &c. Caps, obovoicl, obscurely 3-lobed. Flowers racemed. if. 

 Otherwise as in Ornitliogalum, and too near it. April, May. 

 S. croceum (Mx.) Lvs. narrowly linear, longer than the scape, which is very slender, 

 15 20' ; flowers email, about 15 in the raceme, yellow ; sepals ovate, 2". Damp. S. 



13. YUCCA, L. BEAR'S-GRASS. SPANISH DAGGERS. Perianth per- 

 sistent and withering, of 6 sepals, the 6 stamens shorter. Stigmas 3, ses- 

 sile. Caps, oblong, 6-sided, the 3 cells partly divided each into 2 by a 

 false partition. Seeds oo. U Stem subterranean, or arising into a caudex 

 ( 227), with linear or sword-shaped perennial leaves and a terminal pan- 

 icle of white, handsome flowers. 



1 Y. filamentosa L. Beards-thread. Acaulescent or nearly so ; leaves lance-linear, 



rigid, sharp-pointed, the margin filamentous, i. e., bearing thread-like fibres ; scape 

 5 8f; flowers numerous, cup-form, H'. Sands, S. June, t 



2 Y. gloriosa L. Caulescent; caudex some 3f; leave? clustered at top, lanceolate, 



stiff, margins very entire ; flowers cup-form, very OO. S. June, July. 



3 Y. aloefolia Walt. Spanish Daggers. Caudex some lOf, often branched, naked 



and scarred ; leaves clustered at top, stout and sharp, serrulate ; flowers white, with 

 violet spots ; sepals oblong. Thickets near the coast, S. June Aug. 



14. TRITOMA, Ker. Perianth tubular, regular, 6-toothed. Stamens 

 straight, hypogynous, alternately longer, and with the style exserted. Caps. 

 GO - seeded. if. Leaves linear, keeled. Scape racemed. 



T. UVARIA. Lvs. in a dense radical crown ; scape 3 of, with a long raceme of innumer- 

 able soon-pendent, red, orange, and flame-colored flowers. S. Africa. Aug. Oct. 



15. AGAPANTHUS, L'Her. Perianth tubular at base, funnel-form, 

 free from the ovary, regular. Stam. and filiform style upcurved at the 

 end. Caps. 3-angled. Seeds oo. '4 Root tuberous. Leaves flat, linear. 

 Scape bearing a 2-leavcd umbel. Blue. July. 



A. TJMBELLATUS. Scape 2f, with the thick radical leaves as long; flowers many, large, 

 the pedicels equalling the perianth. S. Africa. A fine parlor plant. 



16. FUNKTA, Spreng. Perianth funnel-form, deciduous. Stam. 6, hy- 

 pogynous, and with the style declinate-curved. Caps, elongated, 3-angled. 

 Seeds oo, winged at end. if. Root fasciculate. Leaves all radical, ovate 

 or oblong, veined, petiolate. Scape racemed. Japan. 



1 F". SUBCORDATA. White Day Lily. Lvs. large, ovate, subcordate, veins strongly im- 

 pressed ; fls. white, fragrant, horizontal, 5' long, tube longer than the limb. 2|f. Aug. 



1 F. OVATA Spr. Slue Day Lily. Lvs. broad-ovate, acuminate ; rac. many-flowered ; 

 flg. funnel-form, 2', blue or violet, nodding, tube shorter than the limb. Ohio, . t 

 8 ALBO-MARGINATA. Has its leaves irregularly margined with white. 



17. HEMEROCALLIS, L. DAY LILY. Perianth funnel-shaped, reg- 

 ular, ephemeral, limb spreading. Stam. 6, inserted in the throat, curved 

 upward. Style slender, curved like the stamens and longer. Caps. with. 3 

 few-seeded cells, 1C Root fasciculate. Scapes branched. Leaves linear. 

 Flowers large, xanthic, solitary, or racemed. July. 



1 H. FULVA. Lvs. channelled ; pet. obtuse, wavy ; veins of sep. branched. An old gar- 



den plant, with large tawny flowers, lasting but a day. 3f. Levant. 



2 H. FLAVA. Lvs. channelled ; ecp. acute, bright yellow, veins undivided. Sibcrin. If. 



