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b. Glumes linear lanceolate ; spike stouter 



(1) Spike loosely flowered, nodding at the summit, free from the up- 



per leaf sheath E. canadensis 



(2) Spike densely flowered, compact and strict, its base usually included 



in the upper leaf sheath E. robiislus 



Hystrix — Bottlebrush 



(Gr. hystrix, porcupine, referring to the long awns) 

 A single woodland species //. pdlula 



BAMBUSEAE BAMBOO TRIBE 



A single cultivated genus and species Arundindria japonica 



Iridales Iris Order 



Amaryllidaceae — Amaryllis Family 



Herbaceous plants, usually with scapes or leafy stems from bulbs, or corms, rarely shrubby; 

 sepals 3, petals 3, stamens 6, pistil 1, ovary 3-celled, inferior; flowers syncarpous, sympetalous or 

 rarely apopetalous, epigynous, regular or somewhat irregular; sepals petal-like, the perianth tube 

 often bearing a conspicuous crown within the petals. 



1. Flowers with a crown-like appendage within the perianth Narcissus 



2. Flowers without a crown-like appendage 



a. Stems leafy; flowers white Polianthes 



b. Bulbous plants with scapes ; flowers pink to red 



(1) Scales present at the base of the stamens 



(a) Flowers in an umbel, regular Ilippeastrum 



(b) Flower solitary, irregular Sprekelxa 



(2) No scales at base of the stamens 



(a) Sepals and petals distinctly united below 



(b) Sepals and petals scarcely united Amaryllis 

 x. Flowers pink or whitish Clivia 



y. Flowers orange Nerine 



Narcissus 



(The Greek name) 

 Spring-blooming bulbous plants often forced in winter 



1. Crown as long as the petals and sepals; flowers solitary N. pseudo-narcissus 



2. Crown small ; flowers in clusters 



a. Leaves 10-30 mm. wide N. lazetta 



b. Leaves 3-5 mm. wide N. jonquilla 



Polianthes — Tuberose 



(Gr. polios, white, anthos, flower) 

 Autumn-flowering garden plant often with double flowers P. iuberosa 



Hippeastrum — "Amaryllis" — Johnsonian Lily 



(Gr. hippos, horse, astron, star from the marking of the corolla) 

 The house and greenhouse forms are largely hybrids of //. vitlatum 



Sprekelia — Jacobaean Lily 



(Named for Sprekelsen, a German botanist) 

 Bulbous greenhouse plant with solitary irregular scarlet flowers S. jormosissima 



Amaryllis — Belladonna Lily 



(Named for the sheperdess, Amaryllis) 

 Half-hardy bulbous plant with umbel of lily-like pink or whitish flowers A. belladonna 



Clivia 



1. Leaves acute, flowers upright, funnel-shaped C. miniala 



2. Leaves obtuse, flowers pendulous, bell-shaped C. nobilis 



