ORDER 140. THE AMARYLLIDS. 313 



7. POGO'NIA. Beard-flower. 



Flower with its sepals and petals distinct and somewhat spreading. 

 Lip bearded inside, sometimes 3-lobed. Column club-shaped, wingless ; 

 anther terminal, pollen-masses 2, mealy. Leaves 1-5, on the stem. 

 Flowers purple. June- Aug. 



* Sepals linear, spreading, much longer than the petals. ... 1, 2 



* Sepals and petals nearly equal, similar, and nearly erect. ... 3, 4 



1 P. verticilla'ta. Whorl-leaved B. Leaves 5, in a whorl near the 1 brownish 



flower. Sepals 2' long. r. (Fig. 693.) 



2 P. divarica'ta. Spreading R Leaves 2, alternate, distant, lauce-oblate. 



Lip 3-lobed, crenulate. S. 



3. P. ophiglossoi'dos. Adder-tongue B. Leaves 2, distant, upper bract-like. 



Flowers terminal, pink-colored. (Fig. 694.) 



4. P. pen'dula. Sodding B. Leaves 3-4, alternate, with as many pink -white, 



drooping flowers. 



ORDER CXL. AMAEYLLIDACE^E. The Amaryllids. 



Herbs perennial, mostly bulbous, with linear leaves, with the 

 flowers showy, mostly regular and on scapes, hexandrous ; 

 perianth of 6 similar pieces united below and adherent to the 

 ovary, which is 3-celled, with the styles united into 1 ; 

 fruit a capsule or berry, with albuminous seeds. (Fig. 137.) 



i 

 Analysis of tlie Genera. 



Perianth bearing a crown on the summit of its tube. . . .a 

 Perianth destitute of a crown. ... 2 



2 Segments united into a tube above the ovary. . . . b 



2 Segments distinct down to the ovary. Flowers nodding. ... 3 

 3 Perianth irregular. . . . c 

 3 Perianth regular. . . . d 



a Crown a thin membrane connecting the stamens. S. PANCRA'TICM. 



a Crown a firm cup containing the stamens. Narcissus. NARCIS'SL'S. 1 



b Fir. solitary. Perianth-tube straight, erect. AtamascoL. ZEPHYRAN'THUS. 



b Flowers many. Perianth-tube straight. Amerkan Aloe. AGAVE. 2 



b Flowers many. Perianth-tube curved. Tuberose. POLYANTHUS. 



c Stamens declined and curved. Scape with 1. Jacobea My. SPREKELIA. 



d Sepals all white, larger than the petals. Snow-drop. GALANTHL'S. 



d Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petals. Snow-flake. LECCOJUN. 

 d Sepals and petals equal, yellow. Star-grass. HTPOXIS. 



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