Order 140.— THE AIMARYLLIDS. 313 



7. POGO'NIA. Beard-flower. 



Flower with its sepals and petals distinct and somewhat spreading. 

 T.ip bearded inside, soraetiraes 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, i=;iinilar, and nearly erect 3, 4 



1 P. verti cilia 'ta. Whoii-leaved B. Leaves 5, in a whorl near tlie 1 brownisb 



flower. Sepals 1' long. r. (Fig. 693.) 



2 P. divarica'ta. Spi^ading i>. Leaves 2, alternate, distant, lance- oblate. Lip 



8-lobed. crenulate. S. 



8 P. ophiglossoi'des. Adder-tongue B. Leaves 2, distant, upper bract-like. Flowers 

 terminal, pink-colored. (Fig. (594:.) 



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

 ing flowers. 



Order CXL. AMARYLLIDACE.E. The Amaryllids. 



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

 Jiowers 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, Fhnvers nodding 3 



3 Periantii irregular c 



3 Perianth regular d 



a Crovvn a thin membrane coiuiecting the stamens, S. Pancra'tium. 



a Crown a firm cup containing the stamens. Narcissus. Narcis'scs. \ 



b Fir. solitary, Perianth-tuhe straight, erect, Atamanco L. ZEPnyuAx'Tnus, 

 b Flowers many. Perianth-tube straight. American Aloe-.- Agavk. 2 



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



c Stamens declined and curved. Scape with!. Jacobea Lili/. Sprkkklia 



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



d Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petiils. Snow-Jial.e. Ltrcojci* 



d Sepals ar\d petals equal, yellow. Stur-gra^s. IfYPOXi 



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