ORDER 140. AMARYLLIDACEJ3. 693 



1 P. rotatum L. Scapes 2 6-flowered ; Ivs. long, strap-shaped, obtuse; ovary 

 ovate-triangular ; sep. and pet. linear, as long as the tube ; crown broad-funnel- 

 shaped or top-shaped, the margin 12-toothed, alternate teeth stameniferous sta- 

 mens and declined style nearly as long as the sepals; anthers yellow. Marshes 



and low grounds, along streams, throughout the S. States. Bulb white, an inch 

 or more in diam. Scape 18' to 2f high. Fls. usually but 2, -white. Perianth and 

 tube about 3' long, the crown about 18" broad, very thin and often torn. Apr. 

 May. (P. Mexicanum L. Hymenocallis Herbt.) 



2 P. coronarium Le Conte. Scape many-flowered ; hs. linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 petals linear, thrice longer than the crown, which is large, funnel-shaped, 18-angled, 

 or having 2 angular teeth between the stamens, and often a jagged sinus between 

 the teeth; stam. much shorter than the petals, with long (6 to 8"), linear, yellow- 

 anthers. River swamps, along the coast, Car., Ga. (Pursh) to La. (Mr. R. Green). 

 Scapes and Ivs. 2 or 3f long. Fls. white. Style much longer than the stamens. 



3 P. maritimum L. Scape many-flowered ; Ivs. linear, strap-shaped, glaucous, 

 longer than the scape ; j^erianth funnel-shaped, segm. lance-linear, spreading above, 

 longer than the crown ; crown funnel-shaped, its base adherent to the segments, its 

 margin with 6 pairs (12) of prominent teeth, alternating with the stamens, which 

 are borne in the sinuses. River swamps, S. Car., Ga. (Walter, Catesby) and west- 

 ward (Le Conte). Not lately seen ? Scape 18' to 2f high. Fls. very fragrant, 

 evanescent (P. occidentals Le Conte ?) Eur. 



2. NARCIS'SUS, L. (Gr. vdpKTj, stupor ; from the effects produced 

 by the smell of some of the species.) Perianth regular, 6-parted, 

 bearing on its throat a cup or bell-form crown (consisting of a whorl of 

 united sterile stamens) ; fertile stamens 6, inserted within the tube and 

 concealed within the crown. A genus of well known, much cultivated 

 flowers, many of them very fragrant and beautiful. They have bulbous 

 roots, ensiform leaves, and usually yellow fls., with a long, compressed 

 spathe, opening on one side and deciduous. 



Crown longer than the tube of the perianth No. 1 



Crown shorter slum tho tube of the perianth, its border crenate Nos. 2, 3 



its border entire No. 4 



1 N. Pseudo-Narcissus L. DAFFODIL. Scape 2-edged, straight, striated; seg- 

 ments' sulphur color ; corona with a serrate-crenate orifice, and as long as the pe- 

 tals. Gardens. Root bulbous. Leaves linear, a foot long, striate, veined. Scapo 

 a foot high, bearing at the top a single, very large flower, with a very long cup 

 or corona. April, May. f Eur. (Ajax, Haworth.) 



2 N. Jonquilla L. JONQUILS. Scape 1 3-flowered ; segments refiexed, spatu- 

 late ; cup (corona) much shorter than the segments, saucer-shaped, spreading, cre- 

 nate. Gardens. Scape a foot high, round, slender, bearing at the summit a few 

 flowers of a rich yellow, and very fragrant. May, Jn. f Spain. (Queltia Her- 

 bert.) 



3 N. poeticus L. POET'S NARCISSUS. Scape 1-flowered; segments imbricate 

 at base, reflexed ; corona expanded, flat, rotate, crenulate ; 3 anth. shorter than the 

 tube. Gardens. Scape about a foot high, leaves of the same length. It bears a 

 single flower, which is mostly white, but having the crown singularly adorned 

 with circles of crimson, whito and yellow. Jn. -j- S. Europe. 



4 N. Tazetta L. Spathe many-flowered ; corona campanulate, truncate, shorter 

 than the petals ; Ivs. flat. Gardens. Root a large bulb. Leaves smooth, sword- 

 shaped. Scape naked, striate, a foot high, with 10 12 flowers. Corolla white, 

 cup a strong yellow, not fragrant. April, May. \ Spain. (Hermione Herbert.) 



3. ZEPHYRAN'THUS, Herbert. AMARYLLIS. ATAMASCO LILY. 

 (Zepvpoc;, the west wind, dv6o$.) Perianth superior, tubular at base, 

 funnel-form, with a 6-parted, regular limb, which spreads above ; sta- 

 mens C, inserted in the throat, or one of them lower down, filaments 

 slender ; anther versatile ; style filiform, somewhat declined ; stigma 



