40 ANGflOSPERMJE. 



2. Barbac^nia, fls. purple or red. ]2 spec, some very showy. Hot 

 mt. regions of Brazil ; Guiana. 



Ord. 33, Haemodoraceae. Bloodroots. — Fls. 8, 6-merous,' woolly , 

 or scurfy, white or yellow ; panicled or corymbed. Pr. a caps. ; sds. 

 strophiolate. Emb. barely included. Kts. fibrous-fascicled, sometimes 

 red. Lvs. ensiform. 8 or 10 gen. .Q|.. Chiefly in S. hemisphere. 

 1. Hsemodorum paniculdtum, Bloodboot ; rts. edible. S. Af. 2. 

 Loph'iola (Conostylis), Ckbst-Flowbr. Ova. adh. only at base. 

 Scape cymose-panicled ; fls. yellowish. L. aurea, IS. 3. to Va. 3. 

 Lachn&nthes Unetbria, Kbd-Root. Rt. red ; stem leafy, with a cyme 

 of woolly, yellowish fls. Rhode Island, N. J., S. 



Ord. 33. Amaryllidaceae. — Fls. g , 6-merous, reg. or irreg., sol., 

 umbellate or spiked; perianth often with a crown in the throat; 

 stamens 6, on an epigynous disk, or on the perianth throat or crown. 

 Pr. a capsule or berry. Emb. included. Perennial Serbs, usually 

 stemless, bulbous, with fibrous roots; rarely caulescent, long-lived, 

 with fascicled roots. Lvs. ensiform or linear. 2 Sections : 



A. Caulescent. Rts. fascicled. 



1. Fourcroya. Stem massive, 10°-40° high, crowned with long 

 leaves and producing an immense panicle of large fls. Monocarpic. 

 See Lesson XV., 162. Many spec. S. Am., W. Ind., Mex., Mada- 



§ascar. 2, Agave. Lvs. radical, massive, fleshy, spiny-toothed, 

 cape large, tall, terminating in a panicle with horizontal branches, 

 or in a simple spike of fls. Monocai'pic. Several species. U. S., 

 Mex., S. A. A. americdna, Centtjry Plant, American Aloe, 

 gigantic ; Fig. 115. Lf.-flbre made into ropes. Mex., S. A. A. 

 i)t?-5fi«!co, much smaller, shorter-lived. Va., 111., and S. 3, Dory&n- 

 thes excSlsa. Radical lvs. broadly ensiform, tufted, spreading; stem 

 20° high, with shorter lvs., and terminated by a large compound hd. 

 of large crimson fls. emerging from immense crimson bracts. K. 

 Holl. 4. Bomarea SalsUla, stem twining, with smooth lvs. and um- 

 bels of purple fls. J inch long, with an eye-like spot on each of the 3 

 inner segments. Sev. spec; al-1 of S. Am., W. Ind., Mex. S. Al- 

 stroem^ria, LiLY-or-THE-lNCAS ; similar, but weak and straggling ; 

 fls. richly colored, spotted. Sev. spec S. Am. 



B. Acaulescent. Bulb; scape and lvs. issuing from it. 



Perianth with a corona, to which the stamens are adnate by their 

 filaments. 1. Narcissus. Stamens included in corona. Many species. 

 Old World. N. joocfeMs, Poet's N. ; 1-flowered. N. Ji/Zorws, Prim- 

 rose-Peerless ; 2-flowered. N. Tazz6ita, fls. numerous in an umbel. 

 Boll, fl. plan. Fig. 202, A, B. N. Jonquilla, Jonquil ; fls. 2-5, small, 

 fragrant. N. Pseudo-Narcissus, Daitodil; 1-flowered, fl. large, often 

 double. 2. Pancratium. Corona 12-tootbed, conspicuous ; filaments 

 projecting; fls. large, white, handsome, fragrant, umbelled on a 

 tall scape ; perianth tube slendet ; divisions long, narrow. Sds. with 

 corm-like testa. Many species. Syria, Arabia, S. Bur., N. Af., 

 Southern U. S. P. maritimum, P. roidium, P. corondrium. S. States. 



3. Bticharis. Lvs. broadly elliptic, long-stalked. Corona large, bell- 

 shaped, the 6 stamens on its margin each with a lateral tooth at base. 



