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| Crown shorter than the tube, x its border crenated. Flowers 15 Nos. 83 



x its border 6-lobecl. Flowers 1 3 No. 6 



x its border entire. Flowers 5 20 Nos. 7. 8 



1 Ff. PsEUDO-NABcfssus. Daffodil. Scape 2-edged, If; Ivs. linear, If; ft. large, ylw. ; 



crown bell-form, serrate-crenate, as long as the pet. Often double : com. Apr.. May. 



2 N. BULBOCODIUM. Hoop-petticoat. PI. ylw. ; cr. much larger than perianth. Apr., May. 



3 N. JONQUILLA. Jonquils. Fls. 26, yellow, frag., small ; crown sancer- shaped, much 



shorter than the petals : scape terete ; Ivs. half round, If. From Spain. May, June. 



4 N. BIFLOBUS. Primrose-peerless. Fls. generally 2. cream- wh., crown cup-shaped, ylw. 



5 N. POETICUS. Poet's N. Fl. 1, white, crown flattish, very small, pale-yellow, edged 



with crimson, throat yellow. Fl. often double. Scape If. Lvs. flat. June. S. F.nr. 



6 N. OUOBUS. Great Jonquil. Fl. mostly solitary, yellow, powerfully fragrant, crown 



bell-form, 6", the lobes entire ; limb 1' long, tube slender, 9". S. Europe. If. May. 



7 N. TAZTTA. Crown yellow, bell-form, half as long as the white or yellow petals, the 



border truncate ; leaves glaucous, flat. Spain. May, June. Numerous varieties. 



8 N. POLYANTHUS. Crown white, thrice shorter than the ovate white petals, border 



nearly entire ; leaves green, flat. Spain. Beautiful, bat too tender north. 



2. PANCRATIUM, L. Perianth tube produced above the (sessile) 

 ovary, long and slender, the 6 segm. long and narrow. Stam. 6, adnate to 

 the crown, exserted ; anth. versatile. U Bulb coated, scape solid, 2-edged, 

 hearing a bracted umbel of large (white) flowers. (Leaves linear.) 



Crown adnate below to the dilated throat and segment of the perianth Nos. 1, 2 



S Crown free, funnel-form, throat of perianth not dilated. Tube straight Nos. 3, 4 



1 1*. mar i tim urn L. Plant glaucous ; Ivs. longer than scape ; tube 3 4', longer than 



the lin. -lanceolate segm. ; crown half-adherent, 12-toothed. Marshes, S. July Sept. 



2 P. 11 u tans Gawl. Plant green ; Ivs. very long (2f) ; fls. nodding, with a green curved 



tube 2', se<*. nearly 3' ; sta. incurved ; crown slightly adherent. S. Car. (Herbert.) 



3 P. rot t u in Gawl. Plant glaucous, 1 2f; Ivs. long, strap-shaped, obtuse; tube 3', 



green, shorter than the linear segments ; crown irregularly toothed. S. April, May. 



4 P. coronarlum Leconte. Plant green, 2f; Ivs. lance-linear, obtuse; tube 3 4', 



Beg. as long ; crown funnel-form, 1J', jagged at edge ; sta. 2$'. Wet or dry. South. 



3. CRINUM, L. Flowers nearly as in Pancratium, but destitute of a 

 crown, if. Bulb coated. Leaves in many rows. Scape solid. 



1 C. Americanum L. Lvs. lin. -oblong ; ova. sessile, 3 4 in the umbel ; tube green 



and lance-lin., white segm. about equal (4'); caps. 1-6-seeded. Swamps, Fla., and W. 



2 C. AMABILE. Bulb stem-like ; Ivs. broad-linear; scape flattened, 3 4f, bearing an um- 



bel of 2030 purple fragrant flowers 9' long; pet. ligulate, recurved. E. India. 



3 C. OBNATUM. Bulb globular ; Ivs. undulate ; scape 3f, 10-20-flowered ; fls. white to 



roseate, very large ; segments lance-oblong. E. India. Many varieties. 



4. AMARYLLIS, L. Perianth tube long or short, expanding upward ; 

 'imb regular or nearly so. Sta. free, anth. versatile. Style long, declinate. 

 K Bulb coated. Leaves narrow. Scape 1-few-flowered. 



t A. Atamasco L. Atamasco Lily. Scape 1-flwd. ; perianth bell-form, erect, 3', pink- 

 white ; tube slender below, 1' ; filaments included. An attractive flower, in wet clay 

 soils, Va. to Fla. Scape terete, 6 12'. Lvs. linear. If. Mar.-May. (ZephyranthusHerb.) 



2 A . VITTATA. Per. 34^, nodding, white, red striped inside, margins crisped. S. Am. 



3 A. BEGIN.*:. Per. nodding, scarlet with a green star, throat fringed ; fls. 2 4. S. Am. 



4 A. spKcidsA Fls. 24, blood-red, erect, 3' long, funnel-form. S. Afr. (Vallota, Hb.) 



5. AGAVE, L. AMERICAN ALOE. Perianth funnel-form, 6-parted. Sta. 



