Plate 56 . 
Stamens 
THE AMARYLLIS & NARCISSUS FAMILY. (ORDER lxxxi AMARYLLIDACL/Lj i 
PERIANTH of 6 lobes, united at the base into a tube,' which adheres 
to the seedcase (superior and separating into 5 lobes sometimes 
with a tubular crown at the mouth of the tube. 
STAMENS 6, the anthers bursting inwards (introrso, in- 
serted in the perianthtube^and opposite its lobes, orona 
ish above the seedcasc 
$AR- T/ ' 
ted i nj U 
a3-cellcd yj 
e adhering to the A 
perianth-tube c inferior), 
i style,and i ora stigmas. ^ 
a capsule, o-cdled,many seeclcdl 
mg by s valves down the midd 
*of the celhvalts docuticid'- 
ally) or rarely a 1-Aseedcd berr 
RS showy, soti tary,or in a cluster 1 
' \ alt the stalks of which rise from the 
Same point on a Leafless stalk from 
the root, or more rarely in a Long or branch 
ed cluster (raceme or panicle). 
ROOTS generally bulbous. 
LEAVES narrow, strap-or sword-shap 
ed (linear or ensiforrm, with parallel 
vins,allfrom the root (radical). 
DISTINGUISHED from thelrisTribe,/ 
vhichin other respects it resembles, § 
! by the 6 stamens & the anthers 
Yi.ako,, 
• oursting inwardly^ 
NUMTfrom theLilyTribc 
by the seedcase adhering^ " 
to the perianth-tube. 
lepigynous) 
SNOW- 
DROP, 
periant 
Lobes 
OALANTHUS 
/'M1VALI0. 
