466 AMARYLLIDACE^. (amAETLLIS FAMILY.) 



1 • C. flaccida, Roscoe Stem stout, very leafy below ; leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, acuminate, narrowed into a long and sheathing petiole ; spike few-flowered ; 

 sepals green, lanceolate, acute, half as long as the tube of the corolla; corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflexed ; the three in- 

 terior ones yellow, very thin, oblong-obovate ; two of them collateral and adnate 

 below ; stamens petal-like, obovate, thickened below, very thin and expanding 

 above, one of them bearing the linear anther on its margin, the other two larger 

 and united into one; style adnate to the tube of the corolla; stigma thick, spat- 

 ulate, embracing the anther in the bud ; capsule oval, 3-angled, few-seeded, mem- 

 branaceous at maturity, and bursting irregularly at the sides ; seeds black, borne 

 on a spongy cord. — Miry swamps, Florida to South Carolina, near the coast. 

 June -Aug. — Stem 2° - 4° high. Leaves 9'- 15' long. Corolla 3' -4' long. 



Order 144. AMARYLLIDACE^. (Amaryllis Family.) 



Chiefly stemless smooth and succulent herbs, with linear leaves, and 

 smooth (not scurfy or woolly) often showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 

 united to form a 6-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 

 tube adnate to the 3-celled ovary. Stamens 6 : anthers introrse. Ovules 

 anatropous, attached to the central placentse. Style single. Fruit 1-3- 

 celled, valvular or indehiscent. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen, the 

 radicle resting on the umbilicus. 



Synopsis* 



* Root bulbous. 



1. AMARYLLIS. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 



2. PANCRATIUM. Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected ynWi a cup-shaped 



crown. Stigma entire. 



3. CRINUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



* * Root tuberous. 



4. AGATE. Capsule 3-Talved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy, 



6. HYPOXYS. Capsule circumscissile. flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. AMARYLLIS, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, spreading above, 

 naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens free • anthers versatile. 

 Style elongated, declining: stigma 3-cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds black, compressed or angled. -,— Scape erect from a coated bulb, ending 

 in a 1 -2-leaved one- or many-flowered spathe. 



1. A. Atamasco, Xi. (Atamasco Lily ) Scape terete, somewhat lateral, 

 1-flowered; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe 1 leaved, 2-cleft; perianth 

 short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple ; style longer than the sta- 

 mens; seeds angled. — Eich damp soil, Florida, and northward. March and 

 April. — Scape 6' - 12' high, commonly shorter than the glossy loaves. Flower 

 2' -3' long. 



