

BLOODWORT FAMILY 

 i. Gyrotheca capitata (Walt.) Morong. Red-root. (Fig. ,061.) 



{nonymo capitata Walt. Fl. Car. 69. 1788. 

 lyrotheca tinctoria Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc 

 i: 327. 1812. 



aclmantiies tinctoria Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga f 

 47- 1816. 



otheca capitata Morong. Bull. Torr. Club 

 :472. 1893. 



Stem iX~ 2 K tall, glabrous below, pu- 

 :nt or woolly above. Leaves 2"~5" 

 ie, acuminate, the basal ones shorter 

 the stem, the upper reduced to bracts; 

 licle 2 / -5 / broad when expanded, dense 

 id almost capitate when young, white- 

 ally; flowers 4"-5" broad, bracteolate, 

 perianth yellow and glabrous within; 

 fie about as long as the stamens; pedicels 

 3ut, about as long as the capsule, rather 

 lorter than the bractlets; capsule about 3" 

 in diameter. 



In swamps, eastern Massachusetts to New 

 Jersey and Florida, mostly in pine barrens 

 near the coast. Also in Cuba. July-Sept. 



Family 23. AMARYLLIDACEAE Lindl. Xat. Sy>t. K.l i.sy,. 



AMARYLLIS FAMILY. 



Perennial herbs (some tropical species woody or even arloreous), with btillrs 

 or rootstocks, scapose or sometimes leafy steins and usually n 

 leaves. Flowers perfect, regular or nearly so. Perianth <>-parted or 6-lobed, 

 the segments or lobes distinct, or united below into a till*.- which i> adtu 

 the surface of the ovary (adnate only to the lower part of tl in /.rfhiola). 



Stamens 6 in our genera, inserted on the bases of the ixrrianth-Nfjjni' 

 the throat of the perianth opposite the lobes. Anthers versatile >r kisii. 

 2-celled, the sacs usually longitudinally dehiscent. ()\-ary wholly or \< 

 inferior, usually 3-celled. Style filiform, entire. l<>l>ed, or divided into 3 stig- 

 mas at the summit. Ovules usually numerous, rarely only i r ; in each*. 

 of the ovary, anatropous. Fruit capsular, rarely fleshy. Seeds mostly black, 

 the embryo small, enclosed in fleshy endosperm. 



About 70 genera and 800 species, principally natives of tropical and warm regions, tome in the 



temperate zones. 



Bulbous herbs with flowers on scapes. 



Flower solitary; perianth without a crown. 



Anthers versatile; tube of the perianth not jrreatly elongated 

 Anthers erect; tube of the perianth several times the h nutli : 

 Flowers clustered; perianth with a membranous crown connecting the lower part 



merits ^ tfywtt9& 



Bulbless herbs, with rootstocks or corms. 



Perianth adnate to the whole surface of the ovary; leaves mostly baU. 

 Tall, fleshy-leaved; anthers versatile. 

 Low, linear-leaved; anthers not versatile. 



- - 1 woolly. 6. /.4^4 



Perianth adnate only to the lower part of the ovary: stem leafy; t! 





i. ZEPHYRANTHES Herb. App. Bot. Reg. 36. 



Glabrous herbs with coated bulbs, narrow leaves, ami en-rt : ^a|ir. 



large, erect, pink, white or purple. Perianth f multiform, naked 

 branous equal erect-spreading lobes united below into ;i tul 

 cleft-bract. Stamens inserted on the throat of the perianth. i-|iial or near 

 satile. Ovary 3-celled; style long, filiform, 3-cleft at the Mitmnit; ovule* 

 rows in each cavity of the ovary. Capsule thin-walled, subglobose or depre 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds mostly flattened, black or nearly . 

 wind-flower.] 



About 30 species, natives of America. Besides the following, \ 

 United States. 



