Obdkb 140.— AMABTJ/LXDACB.B. 693 



X P. rotltum L. Scapes 2 — 6-flowered; he. long, strap-shaped, obtuse; ovary 

 ovate-triangular; Bep. and pot. lineai', as loug as the tube; crown Iroad-funnel- 

 sltaped or top-shaped, the margin 12-tooftcd, alternate teeth stameniferous sta- 

 mens and declined style nearly as long as the sepals ; anthers yellow. — Marshes 

 and low grounds, along streams, throughout the S. States. Bulb white, an inch 

 or more in diam. Scape 18' to 2f high. Pis. usually but 2, white. Perianth and 

 tube about 3' long, the crown about 18" broad, very thin and often torn. Apr. 

 May. (P. Mexicanum L. Hymenooallis Herbt.) 



2 P. corondrium Lo Conte. Scape many-flowered ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 petals linear, thrice longer than the crown, which is large, funnel-shaped, 18-angled, 

 or having 2 angular teeth between the stamens, and often a jagged sinus between 

 the teeth; stam. much shorter than the petals, with long (G to 8"), linear, yellow 

 anthers. — River swamps, along the coast, Car., Ga. (Pursh) to La. (Mr. R. Green). 

 Scapes and Ivs. 2 or 3f long. Fls. white. Stylo much longer than the stamens. 



3 P. maritimiim L. Scape many-flowered ; Ivs. linear, strap-shaped, glaucous, 

 longer than the scape ; perianth funnel-shaped, segm. lance-linear, spreading above, 

 longer than tho crown ; crown funnel-shaped, its base adherent to the segments, its 

 margin with 6 pairs (12) o/ prominent teeth, alternating with the stamens, which 

 are borne in the sinuses. River swamps, 3. Car., Ga. (Walter, Catesby) and west- 



, ward (Le Conte). Not lately seen? Scape 18' to 2f high. Fls. very fragrant, 

 evanescent (P. occidentalis Lo Conte 7) Eur. 



2. WARCIS'SUS, L. (Gr. vdpicrj, stupor ; from the effects produced 

 by tlie smell of some of the species.) Perianth regular, 6-parted, 

 bearing on its throat a cup or bell-form crown (consisting of a whorl of 

 united sterile stamens) ; fertile stamens 6, inserted ^♦ithin the tube and 

 concealed within the crown. — A genus of well known, much cultivated 

 flowers, many of them very fragrant and beautiful. They have bulbous 

 roots, onsiform leaves, and usually yellow fls., with a long, compressed 

 spathe, opening on. one side and deciduous. 



S Crown longer than the tube of tho perianth No. 1 



§ Crown shorter shun tho tube of tho perianth, — its border crenate Nos. 2, 3 



— its border entire No. 4 



1 N. Pseudo-Narcissus L. Daffodil. Scape 2-edged, straight, striated ; seg- 

 ments sulphur color ; corona with a serrate-crenate orifice, and as long as the pe- 

 tals. — Gardens. Root bnlbous. Leaves linear, a foot loQg, striate, veined. Scape 

 a foot high, bearing at the top a single, very largo flower, with a very long cup 

 or corona. April, May. f Eur. (Ajas, Haworth.) 



2 N. Jonquilla L. Jonquils. Scape 1 — S-flowered ; segments reflexe'd, .spatu- 

 late ; cup (corona) much shorter than the segments, sancer-shaped, spreading, cre- 

 nate. — Gardens. Scape a foot high, round, slender, bearing at tho summit a tew 

 flowers of a ricli yellow, and very fragrant. May, Jn. -I- Spain. (Quelna Her- 

 bert.) 



3 N. posticus L. Poet's Narcissus. Scape 1-flowercd; segments imbricate 

 at base, reflexed; corona expanded, fiat, rotate, crenulate; 3 anth. shorter than tho 

 tube. — Gardens. Scapo about a foot high, leaves of the same length. It bears a 

 single flower, which is mostly white, but having the crown singularly adorned 

 with circles of crimson, white and yellow. Jn. f S. Europe. 



4. N. Taz^tta L. Spathe many-flowered ; corona campanulate, truncate, shorter 

 than the petals ; Ivs. flat. — Gardens. Root a largo bulb. Leaves smooth, sword- 

 shaped. Scapo naked, striate, a foot high, with 10 — 12 flowers. Corolla whitf, 

 cup a strong yeUow, not fragrant. April, May. f Spain. (Hermione Herbert.) 



3. ZEPHYRAN'THUS, Herbert. Amaryllis. Atamasco Lily. 

 • {Ze(j>vpog, the west wind, dvOog.) Perianth superior, tubular at base, 



funnel-form, with a 6-parted, regular limb, ■which spreads above ; sta- 

 mens 6, inserted in the throat, or ^le of them lower down, filaments 

 .slender ; anther versatile ; style filiform, somewhat declined ; stigma 



