516 AMARYLLIDACE^l. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



1. ZEPHYRANTHES, Herb. 



Perianth funnel-form, from a tubular base ; the 6 divisions petal-like and 

 similar, spreading above ; the 6 stamens inserted in its naked throat ; anthers 

 versatile. Pod membranaceous, 3-lobed. Leaves and low scape from a coated 

 bulb. Flowers solitary from a scarious simple bract. (From e<vpos, a wind, 

 and foeos, flower.) 



1. Z. Atamasco, Herb. (ATAMASCO LILY.) Leaves bright green and 

 Shining, very narrow, channelled, the margins acute; scape 6-12' high; pe- 

 duncle short ; spathe 2-cleft at the apex ; perianth white and pink, 3' long ; 

 stamens and style declined. Penn. to Va. and Fla. June. 



2. HYMENOCALLIS, Salisb. 



Perianth with a long and slender tube, and an equal 6-parted limb ; lobes 

 long and narrow, recurved ; the throat bearing a tubular or cup-shaped corol- 

 like delicate crown, which connects the bases of the 6 exserted stamens. An- 

 thers linear, versatile. Capsule thin, 2 - 3-lobed ; seeds usually 2 in each cell, 

 basal, fleshy, often like bulblets. Scapes and leaves from a coated bulb. 

 Flowers white, fragrant, large and showy, sessile in an umbel-like head or 

 cluster, subtended by 2 or more scarious bracts. (Name composed of v^v, a 

 membrane, and itd\\os, beauty.) 



1 . H. OCCidentalis, Kunth. Leaves strap-shaped, glaucous, 1 - 1| long, 

 9 - 18" broad ; scape 3 - 6-flowered ; bracts narrow, 2' long ; perianth-tube about 

 2|-4' long, the linear segments scarcely shorter; the crown 12- 15" long, 

 tubular below, broadly funnel-form above, the margin deltoid and entire, or 

 2-toothed and erose, between the white filaments, which are twice longer; 

 anthers yellow; style green. Marshy banks of streams, S. 111. to N. Ga. 

 and Ala. Apparently distinct from H. lacera, Salisb. (Pancratium rotatum, 

 Ker), of the southern coast. 



3. AGAVE, L. AMERICAN ALOE. 



Perianth tubular-funnel-form, persistent, 6-parted ; the divisions nearly equal, 

 narrow. Stamens 6; anthers linear, versatile. Capsule coriaceous, many- 

 seeded. Seeds flattened. Leaves thick and fleshy, often with cartilaginous 

 or spiny teeth, clustered at the base of the many-flowered scape, from a thick 

 fibrous-rooted crown. (Name from ayavf), noble, not inappropriate as applied 

 to A. AMERICANA, the CENTURY-PLANT.) 



1. A. Virginica, L. (FALSE ALOE.) Herbaceous; leaves entire or 

 denticulate; scape 3-6 high; flowers scattered in a loose wand-like spike, 

 greenish-yellow, fragrant, the perianth 9-12" long, its narrow tube twice 

 longer than the erect lobes. Dry or rocky banks, Md. and Va. to Fla., west to 

 S. Ind., Mo., and Tex. 



4. HYP OX IS, L. STAR-GRASS. 



Perianth persistent, 6-parted, spreading ; the 3 outer divisions a little herba- 

 ceous outside. Stamens 6 ; anthers sagittate, erect. Capsule crowned with 

 the withered or closed perianth, not opening by valves. Seeds globular, with 

 a crustaceous coat, ascending, imperfectly anatropous, the rhaphe not adherent 



