Order 140.— THE AMARYLLIDS. 291 



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 3, mealy. — Leaves 1-6, on the stem. 

 Flowers purple. June- Aug. 



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



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



1 P. vertioilla'ta. Wlwrl-Uamd, B. Leaves 5, in a whorl near the 1 brownish 



flower. Sepals 2' long. t. (Fig. 693.) 



2 P. divarioa'ta. Spreading B. Leaves 2, alternate, distant, lance-ohlate. Lip 



8-lobed, crenulate. S. 



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



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



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



ing flowers. 



Order CXL. AMARYLLIDACEiE. 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 sU/les united into 1 ; 

 fruit a capsnle or berry, with albuminous seeds. (Fig. 187.) 



Analysis of the ■ Genera. 



§ Perianthbearing a crown on the summit of its tube a 



§ Perianth destitute of a crown 2 



2 Segments united into a tube atove the ovary b 



2 Segments distinct down to the ovary. Flowers nodding 8 



3 Perianth irregular u 



3 Perianth regular d 



a Crown a thin membrane connecting the stamens. S. Pancka'tium. 



a' Crown a firm oup containing the stamens. Namsms. Naeois'sus. 1 



b Fir. solitary. Perianth-tube straight, erect. Atamasco L. Zephyean'thus. 



b Flowers many. Perianth-tube straight. • American Aloe. Asave. 2 



b Flowers many. Perianth-tube curved. Tuheroge. Polyanthus. 



c Stamens declined and curved. Scape with 1. Jacobea Lily. Spbekelia. 



d Sepals all white, larger than the petals. Snow-drop. Galanthcs. 



d Sepals green-tipped, as largo as the petals. Snow-flake, Leuoojcm. 



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



