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Fig. 167. Saffron (.Crocus sativus). The flowers furnish the 

 saffron of commerce. (Faguet). 



bract; ovary 3-celled; style long, filiform, 2-cleft at the summit; ovules numer- 

 ous; capsules membranceous ; seeds flattened, blackish; small genus of 30 

 species, native to America. 



Zephyranthes Atamasco (L.) Herb. Atamasco Lily 



Leaves bright green and shiny from an ovoid bulb; scapes erect; bracts 2- 

 cleft; perianth white, pinkish or light purple; segments shorter than the two 

 stamens. 



Distribution. In moist places from eastern Virginia to Florida and Ala- 

 bama. 



