Ordeu 140.— the AMARYLLIDS. 291 



7. POGO'NIA. Beard-flower. 



Flower with its sepals and petals distinct and somewhat spreading. 

 Lip bearded inside, sometimes 3-lobed. Column club-shaped, wingless; 

 anther terminal, pollen-masses 2, mealy. — Leaves 1-5, on the stem. 

 Flowers purple. June- Aug. 



* Sepals linear, spreading, much longer than the petals....!, 2 



* Sepals and petals nearly equal, similar, and nearly erect.... 3, 4 



1 P. verticilla'ta. W/to/i- leaved B. Leaves 5, in a whorl near the 1 brownish 



flower. Sepals 2Mong. r. (Fig. 693.) 



2 P. divarica'ta. Spreading B. Leaves 2, alternate, distant, lance- oblate. Lip 



3-lobed, crenulate. S. 



3 P. ophiglossoi^es. Adder-tongue B. Leaves 2, distant, upper bract-like. Flowers 



terminal, pink-colored. (Fig. 694.) 



4 P. pen'dula. Nodding B. Leaves 3-4, alternate, with as many pink-white, droop- 



inir flowers. 



Order CXL. AMARYLLIDACE.E. The Amaryllids. 



Herls perennial, mostly bulbous, with linear leaves.^ with the 

 flowers showy, mostly regular and on scapes, hexandrous ; 

 perianth of 6 similar pieces united below and adherent to the 

 ovary^ which is 3-celled, with the styles united into 1 ; 

 fruit a capsule or berry, with albuminous seeds. (Fig. 137.) 



Analysis of the Genera. 



% Perianth bearing a crown on the summit of its tube a 



§ Perianth destitute of a crown 2 



2 Segments united into a tube above the ovary b 



2 Segments distinct down to the ovary. Flowers nodding 3 



3 Perianth irregular c 



3 Perianth regular d 



a Crown a thin membrane connecting the stamens. S. Pancra'ticm. 



a Crown a firm cup containing the stamens. Narcissus. Nakcis'scs. 



b Fir. solitary. Perianth-tube straight, erect. Ataniasco L. Zephyran'tiius. 

 b Flowers many. Perianth-tube straight, American Aloe. Agave, 



b Flowers many. Perianth-tube curved. Tuberose. Polyanthus. 



c Stamens declined and curved. Scape with L Jacobea Lily. Spkekklia * 



d Sepals all white, larger than the petals. Snow-drop. Galanthds 



d Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petr.Is. Snow-flake. Leucojlm 



d Sepals and petals equal, yellow. Star-grass. IItpoxi 



