(A) Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) 
( European ). 
The scape, rising from a coated bulb, is from 6 to 12 
in. high; at the top is a loose, terminal cluster of from 
four to eight blossoms. The perianth is divided into 
six wavy-white sepals, rather greenish on the outside, 
and with three to seven green nerves; six stamens and 
a three-sided stigma. The leaves are long, linear and 
channeled. Found as an escape, from Me. to Va. 
AMARYLLIS FAMILY 
( Amaryllidacece) 
A family of bulbous and scape-bearing herbs with 
flat, grass-like leaves and regular six-parted flowers. 
(B) Atamasco Lily (Zcphyranthes Atamasco) is an 
exceedingly beautiful species with pure, waxy-white flow¬ 
ers, only one to a plant, erect at the summit of a scape 
from 6 to 12 in. high. Perianth funnel-form, with six 
spreading lobes, a short pistil and six stamens with 
large yellow anthers. Leaves long, linear and chan¬ 
neled. Quite common in moist places or swamps, from 
Del. to Fla., flowering from April to July. 
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