POPULAR FLORA, 213 



100. AMARYLLIS FAMILY. Order AMARTLLIDACB^. 



Like the Lily Family, but with the (regular or slightly irregular) 6-cleft perianth cohe- 

 rent below with the surface of the o^ai)', and therefore in appearance inserted on its 

 summit. Stamens 6. Fruit a 3-celled pod. Herbs generally with naked stems or scapes, 

 and long linear leaves, from a coated bulb, commonly with showy flowers. Herbage and 

 bulbs acrid and poisonous. 



Flower with a cup or crown at the throat of the salver-shaped or funnel-shaped perianth. 

 Stamens long, from the edge of the cup-shaped crown; anthers linear, swinging free: 

 divisions of the perianth long and narrow, recurved. Flowers white, 

 showy ; the cluster leafy-braoted, (Pancratium) *Pancratium. 



Stamens included in the cup, unequal: filaments very short. Flowers from a scale- 

 like spathe, (Narcissus) *NAiicissus. 

 Flower without any cup or crown on the perianth. 



Anthers fixed by the middle and swinging free, linear or oblong: filaments generally 



curved. Flowers large and showy, generally red or pink, (Amaryllis) * Amaryllis. 

 Anthers erect on the filament. 



Flowers in a spike, funnel-shaped, white, very fragrant, (Polidnthes) *Tubeeose. 



Flowers in an umbel, or single: perianth 6-parted down to the ovary. 



Flower single, from a 1-leaved spathe, white, nodding: three inner divisions 

 of the perianth shorter than the three outer, and notched at the end: 

 anthers long-pointed, (Galdntkns) *Sjjowdrop 



Flowers one or more from a 1-leaved spathe, white, nodding; the 6 divisions 



of the perianth ahke, often green-tipped: anthers blunt, (XeucoiMm) *Snowflake. 

 Flowers few, with 2 small bracts at the base of the pedicels; the star-shaped 

 perianth yellow, closing and remaining on the pod. Leaves grass- 

 like, hairy. Plant small, (Bypdxys) Star-Grass. 



Narcissus. Narcissus. 



* Tube of the flower slender ; the cup or crown much shorter than the 6 spreading divisions ; anthers 



borne on the inside of the cup, or 3 of them a little protruding, on short filaments. 



1. Poet's N. Scape flattish, tall, mostly one-flowered ; flower white, the very short and flat crown 



yellow, generally margined with crimson or pink ; sweet-scented ; leaves bluntly keeled, rather 

 glaucous. Gardens. N. poedcus. 



2. Jonquil N. Flowers 1 to 4, on a round and slender scape, yellow, very fragrant, the cup saucer- 



shaped ; leaves terete, channelled down one side. Gardens. N. Jonquilla. 



8. PoLYAHTHUs N. Flowcrs several, on a flattish scape, white, with a bell-shaped cup, not fragrant; 



leaves flat, glaucous. Gardens. N. Tazelia. 



* * Tube of the flower short, funnel-shaped; the cup or crown very large, bell-shaped, with a wavy- 



crisped or toothed margin, equalling or longer than the 6 divisions of the perianth, and bearing 

 tbe stamens on its base. 

 4. Daffodil N. Flower one, large, sulphur-yellow, with a deeper yellow cup, on a, flattened scape 

 1° high ; leaves flattish. In all gardens ; most common with flowers double, so that their structure 

 is obscured. N. Psevdo-NarcUsus. 



