300 SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



Order LXXXI. AMARYLLIDACE.E {Amaryllis Family]. 



Perennial herbs, arising from bulbs, rarely with fibrous roots. 

 Leaves parallel- veined. Flowers showy, mostly on scapes, and 

 arising from spathes. Perianth regular. Stamens 6, with introrse 

 anthers, arising from the segments of the perianth. Ovary 3-celled. 

 Style i. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry. 



r Corolla with j Crown ^tir^-Narcissus. 



f Flowers a crown j Crown segmented Galan- 



nodding \ { thus. 



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1. Amaryllis. Perianth 6-parted, nodding, somewhat funnel- 

 shaped ; segments petaloid, nearly similar, somewhat unequal. Sta- 

 mens 6, inserted at the throat. Capsule 3-parted. Seeds flat, numerous. 



A. FORMOSISSIMA (Jacobcean ZzTy). Acaulescent ; scape i-flowered ; 

 leaves linear, or narrow-oblong, thick ; flower large, nodding, of a brilliant 

 dark red ; segments very much spreading ; tube fringed ; spathe red. Cul- 

 tivated. June- August. 



2. Narcissus. Perianth of 6 equal divisions, furnished with a 

 crown at the throat, consisting of a whorl of sterile stamens completely 

 united in a tube. Fertile stamens 6, inserted within the crown. Root 

 bulbous. 



1. N. JONQUILLA {Jonquil}. Scape slender, i-2-flowered ; leaves nar- 

 row ; flowers large, rich yellow, very fragrant, rising from a long spathe ; 

 segments of the perianth spatulate, reflexed ; crown shorter than the seg- 

 ments, flat, shallow, and somewhat like a saucer, spreading, crenate. Cul- 

 tivated. May-June. 



2. N. POETICUS (Narcissus). Scape i-flowered ; leaves linear, as long 

 as the scape ; flower large, mostly white, fragrant ; segments imbricated at 

 base, reflexed ; crown expanded, flat, white variegated with circles or rings 

 of crimson and yellow. Cultivated. June. 



3. N. PSEUDO-NARCISSUS (Daffodil}. Scape erect, 2-edged, striate, i- 

 flowered ; leaves linear, striate ; flower very large, sulphur-yellow ; crown 

 very long, cup-shaped, serrate on the margin. A garden plant. April- 

 May. 



3. Galanthus. Flowers arising from a spathe. Perianth 6-parted, 

 outer segments concave ; tube furnished with a crown of 3 small, emar- 

 ginate segments. 



G. NIVALIS (Snow-drop}. Stem usually 2-leaved near the summit, i- 

 flowered ; leaves linear, acute ; flower large, nodding, snow-white. Com- 

 mon in gardens, 3'-8' high. April. 



