466 AMARYLLIDACE.E. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



1. C. flaccida, Roscoe. Stem stout, very leafy below ; leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, acuminate, narrowed into a long and sheathing petiole ; spike few-flowered ; 

 sepals green, lanceolate, acute, half as long as the tube of the corolla ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflexed ; the three in- 

 terior ones yellow, very thin, oblong-obovate ; two of them collateral and adnate 

 below ; stamens petal-like, obovate, thickened below, very thin and expanding 

 above, one of them bearing the linear anther on its margin, the other two larger 

 and united into one ; style adnate to the tube of the corolla ; stigma thick, spat- 

 ulate, embracing the anther in the bud ; capsule oval, 3-angled, few-seeded, mem- 

 branaceous at maturity, and bursting irregularly at the sides ; seeds black, borne 

 on a spongy cord. Miry swamps, Florida to South Carolina, near the coast. 

 June - Aug. Stem 2 - 4 high. Leaves 9' - 1 5' long. Corolla 3' - 4' long. 



ORDER 144. AMARYLLIDACE^E. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



Chiefly stemless smooth and succulent herbs, with linear leaves, and 

 smooth (not scurfy or woolly) often showy flowers. Sepals and petals 

 united to form a 6-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 

 tube adnate to the 3-celled ovary. Stamens 6 : anthers introrse. Ovules 

 anatropous, attached to the central placentas. Style single. Fruit 1-3- 

 celled, valvular or indehiscent. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen, the 

 radicle resting on the umbilicus. 



. Synopsis. 



* Root bulbous. 



1. AMARYLLIS. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 



2. PANCRATIUM. Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected with a cup-shaped 



crown. Stigma entire. 



3. CRINUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



* * Root tuberous. 



4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy. 



5. HYPOXYS. Capsule circumscissile. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. AMARYLLIS, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, spreading above, 

 naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free anthers versatile. 

 Style elongated, declining: stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds black, compressed or angled. Scape erect from a coated bulb, ending 

 in a 1 - 2-leaved or many-flowered spathe. 



1. A. Atamasco, L. (ATAMASCO LILY.) Scape terete, somewhat lateral, 

 1 -flowered; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe 1 -leaved, 2-cleft; perianth 

 short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple ; style longer than the sta- 

 mens ; seeds angled. Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. March and 

 April. Scape 6' - 12' high, commonly shorter than the glossy leaves. Flower 

 2' -3' long. 



