332 ORDER 139. AMARYLLIDACE^E. 



6. CANNA, L. INDIAN SHOT. Sepals 3, persistent on the tubercled 

 fruit. Petals 6, the innermost 2- or 3-lobed at the end. Stamen petaloid, 

 with a h.alf anther on one edge. Stigma petaloid, flat, obtuse. U Hand- 

 some evergreen herbs, with tall stems and large smooth leaves. 



CORYTHIUM. Corolla tube manifest. Petals dilated. Anther wholly adnate. .. No. 1 

 CANNA proper. Cor. tube short or 0. Petals narrow. Anther free above.. No*. 2 4 



1 C. fliicclda Rose. Stem 3 4f ; Ive. lanceolate, 2f, pointed both ways; sep. erect, 



not J the length of the tube of the funnel-form corolla ; petals and filaments obovate, 

 thin, flaccid, wavy, yellow, spirally arranged ; stig. spatnlate. Ponds, South. 



2 C. INDICA. Stem 3 6f, leafy ; Ivs. ovate, pointed, 1 2f, abrupt at base ; sep. green, 



6" ; 3 outer pet. erect, green-tipped, the 3 inner recurved or reflexed, the Fth double 

 (2-lobed at end), the stamens and style similar (2'), all scarlet. W. Indies. 



3 !. nfscoLOB. Stem 6 lOf; Ivs. very large, green and purple; fls. in pairs, crimson. 



4 C. nuDiFLfiRA. From Peru. Downy ; sheaths colored at edge ; fls. drooping, 3', red. 



7. THALIA, L. Flowers in a 2-leaved spathe. Cal. 3-sepalled, small. 

 Cor. 6-parted, 3 inner pet. very unequal. Sta. 2-parted, the inner segment 

 slender, bearing the | anther. Caps. thin. U ? Scape sheathed at base 

 by the petioles, tall, paniculate above. Flowers small, purple. 



1 T. dealbata Rose. Plant 4f, covered with a white powder ; Ivs. cordate-ovate, on 



Ion? petioles ; panicles dense, erect, the branches as short as the lanceolate bracts. 8. 



2 T. dlvaricata Chapm. Plant not powdery, 7f ; Ivs. lance-ovate, rounded at base ; 



panicle open, divaricate, branches zigzag, much longer than the linear bracts. Fla 



ORDER CXXXIX. AMARYLLIDACE^E. AMARYLLIDS. 



Herbs perennial, chiefly bulbous, with linear leaves not scurfy nor woolly. 

 Flowers showy, mostly regular and on scapes, with an adherent, 6-parted 

 perianth. Stamens 6, antfiers introrse. Ovary 3-celled, with styles united 

 into 1. Fruit a 3-celled capsule or berry. Seeds 1 to oo, with fleshy albu- 

 men. Figs. 58, 86, 486, 495. 



$ Perianth crowned with a firm cup containing the stamens ( 78, 79) NARCISSUS. 1 



$ Perianth crowned with a thin membrane connecting the stamens PANCRATIUM. 3 



$ Perianth not crowned. a Segments united into a tube above the ovary... (6) 



a Segments distinct down to the ovary., .(a, 

 6 Flowers in umbels or solitary on the nuked scape. ..(<!) 

 6 Flower* in spikes, racemes, or panicles. Scape bractd...() 



il Tube long and slender, segments narrow, abruptly spreading ORINUM. 3 



d Tube short or long , gradually expanding. Perianth subirregular AMARYLLIS. 4 



e Tube of the perianth straight. Stamens exserted AGAVE. 6 



e Tube of the perianth curved. Stamens included POLYANTHUS 6 



x Perianth irregular. Stems leafy. Bowers umbelled ALSTRIK.MKRIA 7 



x Perianth irregular. Scape naked, with 1 large flower SPREKKI.IA. ? 



x Perianth regular. y Sepals all white, larger than the petals GALANTHUS. 9 



y Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petals I.Ktr.iUi'M. 10 



y Sepals and petals equal, yellow HTPOXIS. 11 



1. NARCISSUS, L. Perianth regular, 6-parted, bearing a bell- or 



cup-form crown on the throat. Sta. 6, inserted in the tube, and concealed 



within the crown. U Stems bulbous, scapes bearing a long deciduous 



ppatlie with 1 or more yellow or white fragrant flowers. Leaves linear. 



Crown longer than the tube of the perianth. Scape 1-flowered NOB. 1, 3 



