OrpvEr 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 2, mealy.—Leaves 1-5, on the stem. 
Flowers purple. June-Aug. 
* Sepals linear, spreading, much longer than the petals....1, 2 
* Sepals and petals nearly equal, similar, and nearly erect....8, 4 
1 P. verticilla’ta. MWhorl-leaved B. Leaves 5, in a whorl near the 1 brownish 
flower. Sepals 2’ long. -. (Fig. 693.) 
2 P. divarica’ta. Spreading B, Leaves 2, alternate, distant, lance-oblate. Lip 
8-lobed, crenulate. 8. 
8 P. ophiglossoi’des. Adder-iongue B. Leaves 2, distant, upper bract-like. Flowers 
terminal, pink-colored. (Fig. 694.) 
4 P.pen’dula. \Vddixg B. Leaves 34, alternate, with as many pink-white, droop- 
ing flowers. 
Orpver CXL. AMARYLLIDACE.E. The Amaryliids. 
Herbs perennial, mostly bulbous, with linear leaves, with the 
Jlowers 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 sty/es united into 1; 
Jruit a capsule or berry, with albuminous seeds. (Fig. 187.) 
Analysis of the Genera. 
§ Perianth bearing a crown on the summit of its tube....a 
§ Perianth destitute of a crown....2 
2 Segments united into a tube above the ovary....b 
2 Segments distinct down to the ovary. Flowers nodding....8 
8 Perianth irregular....« 
3 Perianth regular....d 
a Crown a thin membrane connecting the stamens. S. Pancra’TIvx, 
a Crown a firm cup containing the stamens, Narcissus. Narcts’sts. 1 
b Fir. solitary. Perianth-tube straight, erect. Atamasco L. ZepayraN ‘THT. 
b Flowers many. Perianth-tube straight. aimerican Aloe. AGAVE. % 
b Flowers many. Perianth-tube curved. Tuberose. Potyastuts. 
ce Stamens declined and curved. Scape with 1. Jacobea Lily. SPREEELLA 
d Sepals all white, larger than the petals. Snow-drep. GALANTHUS 
da Sepals green-tipped, as large as the petels. Snow-jlake. LEtcosum 
d Sepals and petals equal, yellow. Star-grass. Hyroxa 
