4GG AMARYLLIDACE^E. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 



l. C. flaecida, Roscoe Stem stout, very leafy below ; leaves ovate-Iance- 

 olate, acuminate, narrowed into a long and sheathing petiole ; spike few-flowered ; 

 sepals green, lanceolate, acute, half as long as the tube of the corolla; corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; the exterior divisions similar to the sepals, reflcxed ; the three in- 

 terior ones yellow, very thin, oblong-obovatc ; two of them collateral and adnate 

 below; stamens petal-like, obovate, thickened below, very thin and expanding 

 above, one of them bearing the linear anther on its margin, the other two larger 

 and united into one ; style adnate to the tube of the corolla ; stigma thick, spat- 

 ulate, embracing the anther in the laid ; capsule oval, 3-angled, few-seeded, mem- 

 branaceous at maturity, and bursting irregularly at the sides ; seeds black, borne 

 on a spongy cord. — Miry swamps, Florida to South Carolina, near the coast. 

 June -Aug. — Stem 2° -4° high. Leaves 9' -15' long. Corolla 3 ; -4' long. 



Order 144. AMARYLLIDACE^E. (Amaryllis Family.) 



Chiefly stemless smooth and succulent herbs, with linear leaves, and 

 smooth (not scurfy or woolly) often showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 

 united to form a G-parted corolla-like perianth, imbricated in the bud, the 

 tube adnate to the 3-celled ovary. Stamens G : anthers introrse. Ovules 

 anatropous, attached to the central placenta?. Style single. Fruit 1-3- 

 celled, valvular or indehiscent. Embryo straight in fleshy albumen, the 

 radicle resting on the umbilicus. 



Synopsis, 



* Root bulbous. 



1. AMARYLLIS. Tube of the perianth short, crownless. Stigmas 3. 



2. PANCRATIUM. Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected with a cup-shaped 



crown. Stigma entire. 



3. CHI NUM. Tube of the perianth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire. 



# # Root tuberous. 



4. AGAVE. Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy. 



5. IIYI'OXYS. Capsule circumscissile. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like. 



1. AMARYLLIS, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, G-parted, spreading above, 

 naked at the throat, the tube short or wanting. Stamens bee ■ anthers versatile. 

 Style elongated, declining: stigma 3 -cleft. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds black, compressed or angled. — Scape erect from a coated bulb, ending 

 in a 1 -2-leaved one- or many-flowered spathe. 



I. A. Atamasco, L. (AtamascoLily ) Scape terete, somewhat lateral, 

 1 -flowered; leaves linear, concave, fleshy; spathe 1 leaved, 2-cleft; perianth 

 short-stalked, bell-shaped, white tinged with purple; style longer than the sta- 

 mens; seeds angled.— Rich damp soil, Florida, and northward. March and 

 April. — Scape 6' - 12' high, commonly shorter than the glossy leaves. Flower 

 2'-3' long. 



