AMAUYLLIDACE.E. 



with erect stems hearing distant sheathuiy leaves and handsome 

 flowers in spikes or racemes. 



C. Indica, L. Indian Shot. Indian Reed. 



A beautiful plant often found in cultivation, native of the East Indies. 

 leasts 1 to 2 Let long, and 3 to 6 inches wide. Flowtrs scarlet and j 

 in a spike. 



Oder 110. AEIARYLLIDACEJE — Atoaryfti* Family. 



Chiefly bullous and scape hearing herbs, with linear fiat root haves end regular 

 t-androus flowers, the tube of the 0-parted perianth coherent wffl wary. 



Anthers introrse. Style single. Caislle 3- celled, locuUeidal, rnanj -*. 

 Buds with fleshy albumen. 



1. AMARYLLIS, Linn. Amaryllis-. 



A poetical name. 



PjBRIANTH with G-pctal-like similar divisions. Sta- 

 mens G, inserted in the throat of the perianth: anthers 

 versatile. Capsule membranaceous, 3-lobed. — A splendid 

 genus, with the long linear leaves and wipe from a coated bulb, and 

 the showy Jloicers issuing from a 1 io 3- leaved spathe* 



A. ATAMASCO, L. Alamasco Lily. 



S/ atke tubular, 2-eleft, 1-tlowerel; perianth funnel-form: ::amcru an 

 dined. 



- : ly woods, rare. Jane. Leave- a fx>t long, linear, concave, smooth. F 

 Crs solitary, white and pink, 3 inches long, on a scape C inches high. 



A. F0RH0SIS3IHA, L. Jacobea Libj. A beautiful flower from Mcsico, sometimes 

 cultivated. Fioivir dark red, on a scape C to 10 inches high, 



2. AGAVE, Linn. American Aloe. 



Gr. egavos. -wonderful, in allusion to A. Americana, the Century-; 



Periaxth tubular-funnel-form, persistent, G-parted; the 

 divisions narrow, nearly equal. Stamens 6, soon exserted : 

 anthers linear. Capsule coriaceous. S-celied, many- 

 seeded. Seeds flattened. — A splendid American r/env.s. 

 with mostly thick and fleshy radical leaves, often spiny or cartilagi 

 nous teeth, and a large many flowered pyramidal panicle on a 8& 



A. Yirginica, L. False Aloe. 



Stemlesg, herbaceous; leaves linear-lanceolate, fie?hy, smooth, with eartilpgincus 

 B rratures on the margin; scape simple, smooth; the Jlowsrs scattered in a loose 

 s; ike. with leaf-like scale?. 



Rocky banks, southern part of the State. Sept. Scape 3 to 6 feet high, rounJ, 

 loosely spieate above. Flou-ers greenish-yellow, very fragrant. 



A, Aiujucaxa, L. American Aloe. Century Flant. A splendid herbaceous plant 

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