Obdeb 141.— BROMELIAOE^. 695 



sule 3-celled, looulicidal, oo-seeded. — Bulb tunicated, acrid. Scape 2- 

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

 ing under ground. 



* G. nivMis. Snow-deop. Los. linear, radical, keeled, acute ; scape l-flowered. 

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

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

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

 leaves towards the top. 



8. LEUCO^UM, L. Snow-flake. (Gr. keviibg, white, lov, violet.) 

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

 apex; stamens 6, inserted on the tip of the ovar)', included; style 

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

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

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



1 L. astivum L. Lvs. linear, a little shorter than the scape ; spathe many 

 (4 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 6 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 with a 

 green thickened 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 1 in each cell, straw-colored. — Gardens, less frequent than the 

 other. Mar., Apr. | Eur. (B. rinosma, Herbert.) 



9. HYPOX'IS, L. Star-grass. (Gr. vno, under, o^vg, sharp; on 

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

 6-parted, regular, persistent ; stamens ; 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. erecta L. Pilous ; scape about i-flowered, shorter than the linear-lanceolate 

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

 6", very acute. The slender, hairy scapes, several from the same root, arise 6 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. Jn. 



2 H. fillfolia EU. Sparingly pilous ; scape 2-fimoered, 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 line wide. J'ls. rather 

 large (9 to 11" diam.). 



Order CXLI. BROMELIACE.^. Bromeliads. 



Eeris, chiefly epiphytic, with persistent, often scurfy leaves, channeled, and sheath- 

 ing. Calyx 3-parted or 3 -toothed, often green. Corolla 3-petaled, distinct, imbri- 

 cated, colored. Stamens 6, perigynous. Style single ; ovary 3-oeUed, with numer- 

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

 the hilum. Pig. 37, c. 



Genera 23, species ITO, nearly ftll natives of tropical America. Among them is Ananassa- 

 saiiva, the pino apple, very abundant in the Bahamas, -which delicious IVuit consists of the en- 

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

 useful plant is our own TiUandsia usneoides — the Spanish moss of commerce. 



TILLAND'SIA, L. Long Moss. (Named for Frof. E. Tillands, 

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



