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Pis. large, white, fragrant, nodding in an umtel on a tall scape. Pew 

 species. S. Am. 



Perianth without a corona ; stamens on perianth, or on an epigynous 

 disk. 1. Hxmdnthus, BLOOD-rLOWER. Pr. a berry. Lvs. few, 

 sheathing at base Scape short, terminating in an umbel of many 

 crowded red or white flowers, usually with a many-leaved spatha, of 

 which the leaflets are erect, colored, and much longer than the flowers. 

 Pew species. Trop. and S. Af. H. multiflbrus, Pig. 59. 2. Crinum. 

 Perianth tube long, slender ; divisions long, narrow, spreading ; sta- 

 mens long. Scape with few or many large flowers in an umbelled 

 head. Lvs. lorate. Numerous species, Asia, Australia, S. Af., trop. 

 Am. C. amabile, bulb huge, epigeal, pyramidal ; lvs. erect, 3°-6° 

 long, 3'-6' wide in the centre. Scape 3°-i° high, bearing an umbel of 

 20-30 fragrant, rosy fls. ; tube of perianth 6' long, lanceolate divisions 

 6' long. Sumatra. C. americdnum, bulb globular, scape 2° high, 

 with 2-4 large fragrant fls., of which the perianth divisions are white, 

 shorter than the green tube. Banlts of streams, and swamps, Texas. 

 3. Amaryllis. Perianth tube short, ribbed ; 3 petaline filaments in- 

 serted at base of the segments ; 3 sepaliTie ones on mouth of tube. 

 Scape with an umbel of many large-stalked fls. ; blooming in autumn 

 before the lvs. A. Belladonna, Belladonna Lily. Scape 1J° high ; 

 fls. large, rose pencilled with red. Cape of Good Hope. Most of the 

 fine species formerly included here are now distributed in 4. Bruns- 

 vigia, purple, S. Af. ; 5. Hippedstrum, Kniqht's-Star Lily, crim- 

 son, scarlet, orange, with a green or white central star, S. Asia and 

 W. Ind. ; 6. Sprekelia, St. James Lily, red, S. Am. ; 7. OporAn- 

 thus, yellow, small, S. Eur. ; 8. Vallota, purple. 9. Zephyrinthes. 

 Dwarf, with 1-2 large, delicate, pink or white fls. on a scape; lvs.- and 

 fls. in spring. Several species. N. and S. Am., "W. Ind. Z. Ata- 

 mdseo, Atamasco Lily, Va., S. and W. ; low grounds. 10. Nerine. 

 Pilaments of stamens cohering by their dilated bases. Scape with an 

 umbel of large scarlet, rose, or pale-pink fls., appearing before the lvs. 

 Several species. S. Af. N. sarniensis, Guernsey Lily, fls. pale 

 rose. Wild on the island of Guernsey, where the bulbs were drifted 

 ashore with the fragments of a lost ship. 11. Leucojum, Snowelake. 

 Stamens on an epigynous disk at the base of the 6-parted perianth. . 

 Scape spathaoeous, with 1-7 small white fls. on nodding pedicels. Pew 

 species. Eur. 12. Galinthus, Snowdrop ; stamens similar to last ; 

 scape with a solitary nodding small white fl., inner segments shorter 

 than outer. Pew species. Eur. 13. Hypoxys. Bulb (or Corm) 

 solid. Stamens as in 11 and 12. Perianth 6-parted nearly to ovary, 

 spreading. Pew species. Cape of Good Hope. 2 in America. H. 

 ereeta, Star-Grass. Scape 3'-8' high, with a few yellow fls. J inch 

 broad. Meadows, Can. and U. S. H.. JiHf olia, 2-flowered, fls. larger. 

 Sands, Ga., Pla. 



Ord. 34. Iridacex. Irids. — Pis. ^ , 6-merous, 2-seriate. Stigmas 

 3. Sta. 3. Pr. a 8-celled capsule. Emb., included. Perennial Herbs, 

 with tuberous or bulbous rhizome, rarely with fibrous roots. Lvs. 

 equitant ; ensiform or linear. 5 Sections : 



A. Spatha 2-valved. Stigmas linear (except Crocus). Pilaments 

 of stamens free. 1. Crocus. Pis. and linear lvs. from the corm. 

 Perianth with long tube; stigmas dilated. Many fine species. Old 

 "World. C. vernus, Spring Crocits, white, violet, purple, or with 



