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AMARYLLIDACEAE. 



Vol. I. 



NARCISSUS L. Sp. PI. 289. 1753. 



Bulbous herbs, the flowers solitary or sev- 

 eral on leafless scapes, the leaves linear, basal. 

 Flowers subtended by a deciduous spathe-; peri- 

 anth 6-parted, bearing a cup-like funnelform 

 or cylindric crown in the throat. Stamens in- 

 serted on the tube of the perianth; ovary 3- 

 celled; ovules numerous in each cavity; cap- 

 sule thin-walled. 



About 20 species, natives of the Old World. 

 Type species : Narcissus poeticus L. 



i. Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus L. Daf- 

 fodil. Fig. 1320. 



Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus L. Sp. PI. 289. 1753. 



Scape about 1° high, 2-edged. Leaves nar- 

 rowly linear, about as long as the scape ; flower 

 bright yellow, 2'-3' broad; crown crenate, 

 rather longer than the perianth. 



Escaped from cultivation, Pennsylvania and New 

 Jersey. Native of Europe. Called also Daffy, Daf- 

 fodilly, Daffodowndilly. April— May. Flowers often 

 double. 



Narcissus poeticus L., Poets' Narcissus, with 

 white flowers, the crown shorter than the peri- 

 anth ; has also, locally, escaped from cultivation ; 

 it is a native of Europe. 



2. ATAMOSCO Adans. Fam. PI. 2 : 57, 524. 1763. 

 [ZephyrAnthes Herb. App. Bot. Reg. 36. 1821.] 

 Glabrous herbs with coated bulbs, narrow leaves, and erect i-flowered scapes, the flower 

 large, erect, pink, white or purple. Perianth funnelform, naked in the throat, with 6 mem- 

 branous equal erect-spreading lobes united below into a tube, subtended by an entire or 

 2-cleft bract. Stamens inserted on the throat of the perianth, equal or nearly so; anthers 

 versatile. Ovary 3-celled; style long, filiform, 3-cleft at the summit; ovules numerous, in 2 

 rows in each cavity of the ovary. Capsule thin-walled, subglobose or depressed, 3-lobed loculi- 

 cidally 3-valved. Seeds mostly flattened, black or nearly so. [Greek, signifying wind-flower.] 



. About 30 species, natives of America. Besides the 

 following, 5 others occur in the southern United 

 States. Type species : Amaryllis Atamasco L. 



i. Atamosco Atamasco (L.) Greene. Ata- 

 masco Lily. Stagger-grass. Fig. 132 1. 



Amaryllis Atamasco L. Sp. PI. 292. 1753. 

 Zefrhyranthes Atamasco Herb. App. Bot. Reg. 36. 1821. 

 Atamosco Atamasco Greene, Pittonia 3: 187. 1897. 



Bulb ovoid, about 1' long. Leaves fleshy, some- 

 what concave, shining, 6'-i$' long, about 1V-3" 

 wide, blunt, usually shorter than the scape; scape 

 terete, erect, 2"-^' in diameter; bract mem- 

 branous, 2-cleft into acuminate lobes, longer than 

 the ovary; flowers 2'-3i' high, white with a pur- 

 plish tinge or sometimes light purple; perianth- 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter than 

 the tube; stamens shorter than the perianth; style 

 longer than the stamens ; capsule depressed, about 

 ¥ high. 



In moist places, southern Pennsylvania to eastern 

 Virginia, Florida and Alabama. Perianth rarely 8- 

 lobed. Swamp-, Fairy- or Easter-lily. March-June. 



3. COOPERIA Herb. Bot. Reg. pi. 



1835. 1836.. 



Low herbs with coated bulbs, very narrow grass-like leaves and slender l-flowered scapes, 

 the flower large, long, erect, subtended by a membranous spathe-like bract. Perianth salver- 

 form with 6 oval or ovate spreading lobes united into a tube several times their length, the 

 tube cylindric or slightly dilated at the summit. Stamens inserted on the throat of the peri- 

 anth; filaments short; anthers linear, erect. Ovary 3-celled; style filiform; stigma slightly 

 3-lobed ; ovules numerous, in 2 rows in each cavity of the ovary; Capsule depressed, globose 



