ORDER 141. BROMELIACE^]. 695 



sule 3-celled, loculicidal, oo-seeded. Bulb tunicated, acrid. Scape 2- 

 edged, solid. Spathe 1 -leaved. Fls. white, pendulous. Caps, matur- 

 ing under ground. 



O. nivalis. SXOW-DROP. Lvs. linear, radical, keeled, acute ; scape 1 -flowered. 

 Native of the Alps, well known in gardens, flowering early in spring. It is a 

 small plant, half a foot high, arising from a perennial bulb, bearing a single, large, 

 nodding flower, white as snow. Stem usually furnished with 2 long, narrow 

 leaves towards the top. 



8. LEUCO MUM, L. SNOW-FLAKE. (Gr. Xevnb^ white, lov, violet.) 

 Perianth superior, segments distinct, subequal, often thickened at the 

 apex ; stamens 6, inserted on the tip of the. ovary, included ; style 

 erect, thickened upwards; stigma entire, obtuse; capsule fleshy, 3- 

 valved, loculicidal, cc-seedecl. Bulb tunicated. Scape 2-edged, fistu- 

 lous. Lvs. few. Spathe 1-leaved. Fls. pendulous. 



1 L. sestivum L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than the scape; spathe many 

 (4 to S)-flowered ; caps, pyriform, with numerous black seeds in each cell. Gar- 

 dens, very pretty. Lvs. 6 or more, of a rich green, long, channeled, sheathing. 

 Scape 6 to 10' high, sharply 2-angled, bearing at top an umbel of pedicellate nod- 

 ding fls. issuing from a spathe. Sep. pure white, 6 to 8" long, tipped with a 

 green thickened point. May, Jn. f Eur. 



2 L. vernum L. Lvs. linear or strap-shaped, sheathing at base ; scape 1 or 

 2-flowered ; perianth segm. with divergent veins, white, marked with a green or 

 yellow tip ; seeds 7 in each cell, straw-colored. Gardens, less frequent than the 

 other. Mar., Apr. 7 Eur. (E. rinosma, Herbert) 



9. HYPOX'IS, L. STAR-GRASS. (Gr. VTTO, under, o^vf, sharpy on 

 account of the pointed base of the fruit.) Spathe 2-leaved ; perianth 

 C-parted, regular, persistent; stamens 6; capsule elongated, narrowed 

 at the base, indehiscent ; seeds numerous, roundish, with a black, crus- 

 taceous integument. Small, bulbous, grass-like plants, with yellow fls. 

 Lvs. radical, linear. 



1 H. erecta L. Pilous ; scape about ^-flowered, shorter than the linear-lanceolate 

 Ivs. In woods and meadows, Can. and U. S. Lvs. all radical, 6 to 12' by 3 to 

 5", very acute. The slender, hairy scapes, several from the same root, arise 6 to 

 8', divided at top into a sort of umbel with 3 to 5 peduncles, having each a min- 

 ute, subulate spathe at the base. Perianth hairy and greenish without, yellow 

 within; segm. oval, ratherobtuse. Jn. 



2 H. filifolia Ell. Sparingly pilous ; scape 2-fl>xcered, shorter than the filiform 

 Jivs. In dry, sandy soils, Ga. and Fla. Same height as the other specie. Lvs. 

 8 to 12' long, thread-shaped, but channeled, not half a line wide. Fls. rather 

 large (9 to 11" diam.). 



ORDER CXLI. BROMELIACEJE. BROMELIADS. 



Herbs, chiefly epiphytic, with persistent, often scurfy leaves, channeled and sheath- 

 ing. Calyx 3-parted or 3-toothed, often green. Corolla 3-petaled, distinct, imbri- 

 cated, colored. Stamens 6, perigynous. Style single ; ovary 3-celled, with numer- 

 ous ovules. Steels numerous, embryo at the base of mealy albumen, radicle next 

 the hilum. Fig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species 1TO, nearly all natives of tropical America. Among them is Aiianassa 

 satira, the pine apple, very abundant in the Bahamas, which delicious fruit consists of the en- 

 lire spike of flowers, with bracts and stem blended into one fleshy mass a sorosis. Another 

 useful plant is our own Tittandsia usneoides the Spanish moss of commerce. 



TILLAND'SIA, L. LONG Moss. (Named for Prof. E. TiUands, 

 of Abo, author of Flora AboOnsis.) Perianth double, 3 sepals mem- 



