

XL AMAKYLLIDE.E. 



787 



Narcissus. 



Perianth and androecium laid open. 

 t. tube ; I limb ; n, crown. 



Nareitnu. Pistil. 



Agave chloracantJia. 

 Vertical section of 

 upper part of bud. 



Agave. 

 Stamen 



Snowdrop. (Galanllius nivalit,) 

 Flower. 



Snowdrop, 

 Pistil. 



A gave. 



Transverse section of 

 ovary (mag.). 



Oporanthus, 



Seed, entire and cut 



vertically. 



Snowdrop. 



A mln rrium and 

 corolla. 



axile. Perennial HEKBS, usually bulbous, stemless. LEAVES radical, elongated, entire. 

 SCAPE terminated by one or several flowers furnished with spathaceous bracts. 



Perennial HEEBS, usually stemless, bulbous and with fibrous roots ; rarely 

 caulescent with fascicled roots and alternate cauline leaves (Alstroemeria, Doryanthes). 

 LEAVES radical, in 2 or several rows, sometimes 2 spreading (Ilcemanthus), entire, 

 sheathing at the base, nerves parallel. SCAPE cylindric or angular, solid or fistular, 

 sometimes very short, or nearly ; rarely stem erector twining (Bomarea). FLOWERS 



3 K 2 



