i. Hymenocallis occidentalis (Le Conte) 

 Kunth. Hymenocallis. (Fig. 1064.) 



Pancratium Carolinianum L,. Sp. PI. 291. 175^.? 

 Pancratium occidentale lyeConte, Ann. L,yc. N. V. 3: 146. 



1830. 

 Hymenocallis occidentalis Kunth, Knum. 5: 856. 1850. 



Bulb large. Leaves linear-oblong, narrowed at each 

 end, fleshy glaucous, i-2 long, 9 // -2 / wide; scape 

 stout, equalling or longer than the leaves; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, ij^-a^ long; umbel several-flow- 

 ered; perianth-tube i>^ // -2 // in diameter, $'-$' lonx, 

 the linear lobes nearly as long; crown funin-lfonn, 

 narrowed below, I'-i^' long, its margins entire, 

 erose or 2-toothed between the filaments; free part of 

 the filaments about i' long, white; anthers about %' 

 long and YT." wide, yellow; style extending for 2'~3' 

 beyond the crown, green; fruit 6 // ~9 // in diaim-tcr. 



In moist soil, Georgia to southern Illinois and Mi- 

 souri. July-Sept. 







4. AGAVE L. Sp. PI. 323. 1753. 



Fleshy herbs, some tropical species very tall, with a short cnmn-like or erect mattock 

 (caudex) and tall bracted scapes, the leaVes large, thick, sometimes spiny-toothed, basal, or 

 clustered at the top of the caudex, and large, bracted flowers in terminal spike* or coos- 

 pound clusters. Perianth tubular or funnelform, withering-persistent, of 6 erect or spread* 

 ing equal or nearly equal lobes, united below into a tube. Staim-ns inserted on the 

 anth at the bases of the lobes, exserted; filaments flattened or filiform; anther* versatile. 

 Ovary 3-celled; style slender, exserted, 3-lobed; ovules numerous, in 2 row* in each cavity of 

 the ovary. Capsule ovoid, subglobose or oblong, 3-lobed, thick-walled, many -seeded. Seed* 

 compressed, somewhat cuneate, black. [Greek, signifying noble. ] 



About 140 species, all American. Besides the following, some 1 3 othcm occur in the oothweaV 

 ern States. 



i. Agave Virginica I.. False Aloe. 

 (Fig. 1065.) 



Agave i 1733. 



Glabrous throughout, rootstock a short crown 

 with numerous iil.rous root*. Scape a-6 tall. 

 rather slender, sometimes nearly # ' in diameter at 

 the base, its brarN distant, l.-r IK' acuminate, the 

 lower 3'-6' long; leaves narrowly oblong, #*-** 

 long, %'-z%' wide, acuminate, their margin* en- 

 tire or denticulate, spike l-2 c long, loose; flower* 

 greenish yellow, odorous, solitary in the axil* of 

 short bracts, sessile or tin- lowi-st ;edi- 



celled; perianth nearly tubul.r expanded 



above, 8"-i 2" long, the tube a' a* long a* 



the erect lobes; filaments at length about a* long a* 

 the perianth; capsule 5"-8" in diamet. 

 longer than thick, abruptly contracted into a short 

 stalk. 



In dry s,,il, Maryland to I ndiana and MisMmri, sMtk 

 to Florida and Texas. 



5. HYPOXIS L. Syst. Ed. 10, 2: 986. 



Low, mostly villous herbs with a conn or short rootstock. V***** U 

 few-flowered scapes, the flowers rather small. Perianth 6-parted, 

 nearly so, separate to the summit of the ovary, spreading, ^witherji.K-pvr 

 ones greenish on the lower side in our species. Stamens ,nserted on U 

 anthigments; filaments short; anthers erect, sagittate oi 



