Ordbb 140.— AMARYLLIDACE^. 693 



1 P. rot^tum L. Scapes 2 — 6-flowered; Ivs. long, strap-shaped, obitise; ovary 

 ovate-triangular ; Sep. and pet. linear, as long as the tube ; crown Iroad-funnel- 

 shaped or top-shaped, the margin 12-tooihed, 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. Fls. usually but 2, white. Perianth and 

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

 May. (P. Mexieanum L. Hymenocallis Herbt.) 



2 P. corouarium Le Conte. Scape many-flowered ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, ohiuse ; 

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

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

 the teeth; stam. much shorter than the petals, with long (6 to 8"), linear, yellow 

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

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



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

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

 longer than the crown ; crown funnel-shaped, its hose adherent to the segiTwnts, its 

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

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

 ward (Le Conte). Kot lately seen? Scape 18' to 2f high. Fls. very fragrant, 

 evanescent. (P. occidentalis Le Conte ?) Eur. 



2. NARCIS'SUS, L. (Gr. vdpKTj, stupor ; from the effects produced 

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

 bearing on its throat a cup or bell-form crown (cons'isting of a whorl of 

 united sterile stamens) ; fertile stamens 6, inserted within 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, ensiform leaves, and usually yellow fls., with a long, compressed 

 spathe, opening on one side and deciduous. 



§ Crown longer than the tube of the perianth No. 1 



I Crown Bhorter Bhan tlio tube of the perianth, — its border crenate Noa. 2, 3 



— its border entire No. 4 



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

 ments sulphur color ; corona with a serrate-erenate oriflee, and as long as the pe- 

 tals. — Gardens. Root bulbous. Leaves linear, a foot long, striate, veined. Scapo 

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

 or corona. April, May. -[■ Eur. (Ajax, Haworth.) 



2 N. Jonquilla L. Jonquils. Scape l-—3-flowcred; segments reflexed, apatu- 

 late ; cwp (corona) much shorter than the segments, saucer-shaped, spreading, cre- 

 nate. — Gardens. Scape a foot high, round, slender, bearing at the summit a few 

 flowers of a rich yellow, and very fragrant. May, Jn. f Spain. (Queltia Her- 

 bert.) 



3 N. posticus L. Poet's Narcissus. Scape 1-flowered; segments imbricato 

 at base, reflexed ; corona expanded, flat, rotate, crenulate ; 3 anth. shorter than the 

 tube. — Gardens. Scape 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 yellov/. Jn. ■)■ S. Europe. 



4 N. Tazetta L. Spathe many-flowered ; corona campanolate, truncate, shorter 

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

 shaped. Scape naked, striate, a foot high, with 10 — 12 flowers. Corolla white, 

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



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

 {Ziipvpog, the west wind, avBog.) Perianth superior, tubular at base, 

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

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

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



