3X3G AMARYLLIDACL.E. 



from tropical Americans Bometkncf found in our conevrvatcri'.s. Leaves radios'., 

 3 to feet long, 4 to 12 inches wide, very thick, spiuose-toothed. Scape rising Ifl • 

 the height of 15 to 25 Let, tearing a pyramidal particle of yciluw £uwers. 



3. IIYPOX1S, Linn. Star-grass. 



Or. hypos beneath, and oxus. sharp; on account of the pointed base of the frui; 



Spatiie 2-leaved. Perianth persistent, 6-parted, spread- 

 ing, the 3 outer divisions somewhat herbaceous. Sta>:: 

 G. with erect anthers Capsule crowned with the withered 

 or closed perianth, not opening hj valves. Seeds roundish. — 

 Acaulesccnt small herbs, v:itlt grassy and hairy linear leaves, 

 and yellow flov:ers on slender scapes from a solid bull. 



E. erecta, L. Star-grass. 



L .-,? linear, grass-like; stv?><j urulxdlaLdy Z to 4-fL?-^ertd, m 

 the ic.-.ves. 



Meadows and open wocd*. eommon. July. Se tpe 4 to C inches high; Lee. 

 radical, 6 to 12 inches long, }± inch wide. i\ men usually 4 : yellow within ._• 

 .hout. 



-JVLTIYATED E.TOTICS. 



C GALANTHUS, Linn, Sxow-DRor. 



Gr. gala, milk, anthos, flower; on account of the whiteness of the Cowers, 



Flowers spathaeeous. Sepals 3, concave; corona farm 

 of 3 small emarginate petaUike segment; stigma simple. — 

 An ornamental bullous exotic, sending up in early spring a 

 scap>e with a single white flower 



G-. NIVALIS, L. Snow-drop, 



DtneM linear, radical, keeled, acute; seap? 1-flowerei. Native of the lips, flow- 

 ering in early spring. Scape 3 to 6 inches high, aiL-ing from a perennial tulb, 

 bearing a single, large nodding flower as white as enow, issuing from a .-. - 

 Crown (petals) striate with green* 



51 NAUCISSUS, Linn. Daffodil. Jonquil. 



3r. narke, stupor; frosa the effects produce! by the smell of ecme sptcies. 



Perianth regular, 6-parted. Grown rnonophyllou?, 

 fceLUform, salver-form, or with the tube funnel-forni; Sta- 

 mens 6, short. SHfYMS longer than the stamens : stigma 

 3-parted. — Showy bulbous exotics, with linear or ensifonn 

 leaves, and yellow straw-color cr wh i te flowers, issuing from* 

 a withering, comjyressed spathe, opening on one side. 



L N. Jonquilla, li. Jonquil 



leaves linear; scape l.to 3-flowered ; segments of the perianth spreading, ellipti-- 

 Ml or spatulate, acute; cwpt (corona) bell-shaped, crouate. NatiTe of Spain. April, . 



