360 



778. IRIS. 



der : 3 of the segments small, reflexed ; others 

 large, erect. Stigmas large. Fl. pale violet 

 or white, p. 11-3. Rocks and barren hills. 

 Pal. Sardinia. 



covermg at 



21. juncea. Root bulbous 

 last scariose. Stem exceeding most of the L., 

 about 2-flowered. Tube of Cor. long and 

 slender: larger segments reflexed; smaller 

 erect, lanceolate, obtuse, yellow, p. 4. Genoa. 



22. Sisyrinchium. Root bulbous : co- 

 vering a net-work. L. exceeding 8-5 -flowered 

 stem. Sheaths scariose. Tube of Cor. very 

 long. p. 4, 5. Genoa. Cal. Cors. Sard. Sic. 



iii. L. ^-edged. 



23. tuberosa. Root tuberous, fibrous. 

 Stem 1 -flowered. Blade of outer Segm. of 

 Cor. dark, velvety, pwple, p. 2-5. s. Fr. It. 



CIV. AMAEYLLIDE^. 



Perianth sessile, 6-parted. Segments aU petal-like. Stamens 6. 

 wards. Style 1. Capsule 3-ceUed. Dissepiments attached to the valves. 



Anthers bursting in- 

 Seeds numerous. 



779. STERNBERGIA. 



1. colchiciflora. Scape very short. Tube 

 of Cor. slender : outer segments mucronulate. 

 L. nari'ow linear, occun'ing after the yellow 

 flowers, p. 9, 10. Monte Priore, Picenum. 

 Piano di Cinque Miglia, Abr. 



2. lutea. Scape 3 or 4 inches long. Tube 

 of Cor. thick, and very short : segments point- 

 less. L. linear, appearing with the yellow flow- 

 ers, p. 9, 10. Olive-grounds and meadows. 

 Montp. Rovigno, It. occ. 



780. PANCRATIUM. 



1. nxaritimum. L. linear, loosely twisted. 

 Sheath many-flowered. Tube of Cor. long: 

 segments lanceolato-linear. Fl. white, p. 6-8. 

 Shores, s. Pr. Lig. Terrac. Iscliia. Sard. 



2. illyricnin, L. broad Ungulate. Sheath 

 many-flowered. Tube of Cor. short : segments 

 lanceolate. (Nectary not staminiferous, Pers.) 

 p. 5. Shores. Cors. Sard. Civ. Vecchia. 



781. NARCISSUS. 



A. L. flat, linear, obtuse. Tube of Corolla 

 short, obversely conical. Crown campa- 

 nulate, dentate. Sp. 1-3. 



B. L. flat, linear, obtuse. Corolla hypocra- 

 teriform. 



i. Scape nearly cylindrical. Sp. 4-6. 



ii. Scape 2-edged. Crown cup-shaped. 



a. Crown yellow. Sp. 7-12. 



b. Crown white, as well as Petals. Sp. 

 13-15. 



C. L. convoluto-setaceous. Sp. 16, 17. 



D. L. semicylindrical and channeled at base. 

 Sp. 18-23. 



A. L.flat, linear, obtuse. Scape \-flowered. 

 Tube of Corolla short, obconical. Crown 

 campamilate, dentate. 



1. Pseudo-narcissus. Scape 2-edged, 

 striate. Fl. nearly sessile in sheath. Crown 

 erect, nearly as long as segments of corolla. 

 Stamens equal, p. 3, 4. Woods and mea- 

 dows. 



2. minor. Scape 2-edged, without stripes. 

 Fl. on a long stalk within the sheath. Crown 

 6-lobed, fully as long as segments of corolla. 

 p. 3, 4. Woods and heatJis. Dax. 



3. incomparabilis. Scape slightly 2- 

 edged. Fl. nearly sessile in sheath. Tube al- 

 most cylindrical. Crown erect, half as long 

 as segments of corolla. Stamens equal, p. 4. 

 Meadows, mdt. Fr. It. 



B. L. nearly flat. Fl. hypocrateriform. 

 i. Scape nearly terete. 



4. calathinus. Scape terete, 2-4-flow- 

 ered. Crown campanulate, nearly entire, as 

 long as lanceolate, somewhat reflexed segments 

 of coroUa. Tube short, p. 4. Isle of Gle- 

 nans, Britt. 



5. dubius. Scape obtusely compressed, 2- 

 6-flowered. Crown denticulate, half as long 

 as oval, obtuse segments. Fl. aU white, p. 

 4, 5. mdt. Fr. 



6. chrysanthus. Scape compressed, 3- 

 10-flowered (8-15, Lois.). Crown orange, 

 about one-third of lanceolato-ovate, apiculate, 

 yellow segments, p. 3. Grasse. 



