24 Introduction to Botany. 



1. Polygonatum biflorum, Ell. (L., bis, twice ; flos, floris, flower.) SMALLER 

 SOLOMON'S SEAL. Slender stems, from i to 3 feet high, bearing lanceolate, oval, 

 or ovate leaves which are usually minutely pubescent beneath. Peduncles 1-4, 

 usually 2-flowered. Perianth from 3 to 2 inch long. Filaments roughened, inserted 

 near the summit .of the perianth. On wooded hillsides, or in woods and thickets 

 generally. 



2. Polygonatum giganteum, Dietrich. (L., giganteus, gigantic.) GREAT 

 SOLOMON'S SEAL. Stout stems, from 2 to 7 feet high, bearing ovate to lanceolate 

 leaves which are from 2 to 6 inches long ; not pubescent beneath. Peduncles 2-8- 

 flowered ; flowers from to \ of an inch long. Filaments smooth, inserted about 

 the middle of the perianth tube. Along banks of streams or in moist woods. 



AMARYLLIDACE-3L. AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 



Herbaceous plants with scapes and flat linear leaves springing from 

 a bulb, corm, or rootstock. Corolla 6-parted, adherent to the ovary; 

 stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth segments opposite the 

 lobes. Ovary usually 3-celled, with numerous, rarely a few, ovules in 

 each cell. Style filiform, entire, or 3-lobed or divided. 



I. HYPOXIS. Star Grass. 



(Gr., hypoxys, subacid.) 



Scape and linear, hairy leaves rising from a corm or solid bulb. 

 Flowers few on a scape. The 6 parts of the perianth greenish outside, 

 yellow within, separate nearly to the ovary, and withering on the pod. 

 Stamens 6 ; filaments short ; anthers sagittate or entire. Style short, 

 stigmas 3. 



i. Hypoxis erecta, L. (L., erectus, erect.) Few-flowered scape from 3 to 8 inches 

 high. Leaves narrowly linear, becoming longer than the scapes. Perianth seg- 

 ments spreading, bright yellow within, hairy and greenish without, and from \ to 

 nearly inch long. In meadows and open woods. 



II. NARCISSUS. 



(The Latin name.) 



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Scape and leaves from a coated bulb. Tube of the perianth some- 

 what cylindrical, the 6 segments widely spreading ; a cup-shaped, funnel- 

 shaped, or saucer-shaped crown on the throat of the perianth ; unequal 

 stamens included in the crown. 



Here belong the various varieties and species of Narcissus cultivated 

 in gardens, and the daffodils, jonquils, and Chinese sacred lily. 



