44 LEUCOJACEAE. 



Stamens 6. Fam. 1. I.EVCOJACEAB. 

 Stamens 3. 



Filaments opposite the sepals. l';un i'. IMACBAB. 



Filaments opposite the petals. Fam. 3. HAEMODORACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. LEUCOJACEAE. AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 



Herbs, commonly succulent, with rootstocks, bulbs, or conns. Leaves 

 alternate, wholly or mainly basal. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 3 sepals. 

 Corolla of 3 petals, with the sepals partially united into a tube. Androe- 

 cium of 6 stamens, the filaments sometimes partially united into a crown. 

 Gynoecium of 3 united carpels. Ovary inferior. Styles united. Ovules 

 numerous. Fruit a capsule or a berry. 



Perennial from conns or elongated rootstocks. 



Ovary and capsule one-half Inferior. 1. ALETHIS. 



Ovary and capsule wholly inferior. 



Inflorescence umbel-like: capsule clrcumsclsslle. _' Ilvroxis. 



Inflorescence spicate, racemose or paniculate : capsules 



3-valved. 3. AGAVE. 



Perennial from bulbs. 



Filaments distinct. 4. TRIM M. 



Filaments connected by a cup-like or funnelform crown. .',. HYMENOCAI.I.IS. 



1. ALETEIS L. Caulescent herbs with thick rootstocks and scape-like 

 steins. Basal leaves spreading. Flowers in an interrupted spike or raceme. 

 Perianth white to yellow, campanulate, cylindric, or obovoid, granular or 

 mealy: lobes much shorter than the tube. Filaments adnate to the middle of 

 the perianth or above it. COLIC-ROOT. STAR-OP.ASS. 



Perianth white, 6-7 mm. long during anthesls. 1. A.brartrata. 



Perianth yellow, so mm. long during anthesls. 2. A. lutra. 



1. A. bracteata Northrop. Stem 3-6 dm. tall: blades of the basal leaves 

 nearly linear to linear-lanceolate, 6-12 cm. long: perianth white, 6-8 mm. long; 

 lobes lanceolate to triangular, spreading: capsule ovoid, long-beaked. Pine- 

 lands and adjacent Everglades. F. K. (Bah.) 



2. A. lutea Small. Stem 3-11 dm. tall: blades of the basal leaves linear to 

 linear-lanceolate, or sometimes broadest above the middle, 4-12 cm. long: 

 perianth yellow, 8-10 mm. long; lobes mostly ovate: cap-ulo >'ni<- nvui.I. long- 

 beaked. Everglades. 



2. HYPOXIS L. Acaulescent herbs with conn-like rootstocks. Leaves 

 with elongate-linear or nearly filiform blades. Scapes slender, sometimes 

 tufted. Flowers solitary or clustered. Perianth mainly yellow. Filaments 

 adnate to the ba.e of the perianth. Anthers erect. 



1. H. jnncea J. E. Smith. Leaf-blades involute, linear-filiform, 1-3 dm. 

 long, glabrous above: perianth-lobes oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 9-12 nun. 

 long: capsule 4-6 mm. long. Pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) STAB-ORASS. 



3. AGAVE L. Succulent or somewhat woody plants, with more or less 

 elongate ran-li.-.- upon \\ln.-h the leaves are crowded. Flowers in panicles. 

 (Plants flower after long periods of growth.) Anthers versatile. CENTURY- 



PLANT. 



Caulescent : lobe* of the perianth longer than the tube. 

 Leaves entire or obsoletely toothed. 



ttely toothed. ' t 



Leaves with many minute t- 



Acanlesceot: lobes of the perianth shorter than the tube. 8. A.t>- 



1. A. rlgida Mill. Flowering ten -.1 m. tall: leaves 12-18 dm. 



long: blades broadest at the middle or above it, the terminal spine 1-2 



