Osam 141.— BBOMBLIACE^ 695 



8ule 3-celled, loculicidal, co-seeded. — Bulb tunicated, acrid. Scape 2- 

 edged, solid. Spathe 1-leaved. Fls. white, pendulous. Caps, matur- 

 ing under ground. 



Q. nivalis. Snow-drop. Lvs. linear, radical, keeled, acute ; scape 1-flowered. 

 — Native of the Alps, well known in gardens, flowering early in spring. It ia a 

 small plant, half a foot high, arising from a perennial bulb, bearing a single, large, 

 nodding flower, white a3 snow. Stem usually furnished with 2 long, narrow 

 loaves towards the top. 



8. LEUCO^JUM, L. Snow-flake. (Gr. Xevnbg, -white, lov, violet.) 

 Perianth superior, segments distinct, subequal, often thickened at tho 

 apex; stamens 6, inserted on the tip of the ovary, included; stylo 

 erect, thickened upwards ; stigma entire, obtuse ; capsule fleshy, 3- 

 valved, loculicidal, oo-sceded. — Bulb tunicated. Scape 2-edged, fistu- 

 lous. Lvs. few. Spathe 1-leaved. Fls. pendulous; 



1 L. eeativuin L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than the scapo ; spatlio many 

 (i to 8)-flowered ; caps, pyriform, with numerous black seeds in each cell. — Gar- 

 dens, very pretty. Lvs. 6 or more, of a rich green, long, channeled, sheathing. 

 Scape G to 10' high, sharply 2-angled, bearing at top an umbel of pedicellate nod- 

 ding fls. issuing from a spathe. Sep. pure white, 6 to 8" long, tipped jvith a 

 green thickfened point. May, Jn. f Eur. 



2 L. v^rnum L. Lvs. linear or strap-shaped, sheathing at base ; scape 1 or 

 2-flowered ; perianth segm. with divergent veins, white, marked with a green or 

 yellow tip; seeds 7 in each cell, straw-colored.-^Gardens, less frequent than tho 

 other. Mar., Apr. f Eur. (E. rinosma, Herbert.) 



9. HYPOX'IS, L. Stab-gbass. (Gr. v-rro, under, o^vg, sharp ; on 

 account of the pointed base of the fruit.) Spathe 2-leaved ; perianth 

 C-partcd, regular, persistent ; stamens 6 ; capsule elongated, narrowed 

 at the base, indehiscent ; seeds numerous, roundish, with a black, crus- 

 taceous integument. — Small, bulbous, grass-like plants, with yellow fls. 

 Lvs. radical, linear. 



1 H. er^cta L. Pilous ; scape about i-flowered, shorter than tho linear-lanceolate 

 lvs. — In woods and meadows. Can. and U. S. Lvs. all radical, 6 to 12' by 3 to 

 6", very acute. Tho slender, hairy scapes, several from tho same root, arise G to 

 8', divided at top into a sort of umbel with 3 to 5 peduncles, having each a min- 

 ute, subulate spathe at the base. Perianth hairy and greenish without, yellow 

 within ; segm. oval, rather obtuse. Ja. 



2 H. filifolia Ell. Sparingly pilous ; scape 2-Jknoered, shorter than the filiform 

 lvs. — In dry, sandy soils, Ga. and Fla. Same height as the other species. Lvs. 

 8 to 12' long, thread-shaped, but channeled, not half a hne wide. Fla. rather 

 largo (9 to 11" diam.). 



Order CXLL BROMELIAGEyE. Bromeliads. 



Herbs, chiefly epiphytic, with persistent, often scurfy leaves, channeled and shoath- 

 Ing. Calyx 3-parted or 3-toothed, often green. Corolla 3-petaIed, distinct, imbri- 

 cated, colored. Stamens G, perigynous. Style single ; ovary 3-oeUed, with numer- 

 ous ovules. Seeds numerous, embryo at the base of mealy albumen, radicle neiit 

 tha Iiilum. Fig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species 170, nearly nil natives of tropical America. Among thorn Is Ananassa 

 sati/va, the pine apple, very abundant in the Bahamaa, which delicious JVuit consists of the en- 

 tire spike of flowers, with bracts and stem blended into one fleshy mass— a sorosis. Another 

 useful plant is our own TiUandeia usnecides — the Spanish moss of commerce. 



TILLAND'SIA, L. Long Moss. (Named for Prof. E. TUlands, 

 of Abo, author of Flora Abofinsis.) Perianth double, 3 sepals mem- 



