Order Clvi
AMARYLLIDEE. 1450 Patersónia R. Br. 1451 Ferrária Ker 1452 Tigrídia J. 1453 Galáxia W.
Here we have another group of vegetation so lovely as to have excited admiration from the days of Solomon, who called them the lilies of the field, down to our own period. Their roots are all bulbous. In stature they seldom exceed a foot or two: in Doryánthes, and some species of Crínum alone, much surpassing such a size; in foliage they possess a uniformity of figure which is very singular; in color they vary from white and yellow to deep scarlet and azure blue; in fragrance they vie with the violet and the primrose. Some of the species are natives of thickets in the cooler provinces of Europe and Asia; others are found deep rooted in the burning shores of islands where scarcely a blade of grass interposes itself between them and the torrid rays of a scorching sun; many spring up in the gloomy, damp, and sultry woods of equinoctial America; and another set intermingles with the Ixias and Gladioluses of Southern Africa. Several of the Narcissi, independent of their beauty, possess emetic qualities; from the viscid juice of Hæmánthus toxicárius, the Hottentots procure a poison wherewith to smear their arrows. 711 Narcíssus W. 712 Pancratium W. 713 Eucrósia B. Reg. 714 Eúrycles Salisb. 715 Calostémma R. Br. 716 Chlidánthus Herb. 717 Chrysiphíala Ker 731 Hæmánthus W. 732 Galánthus W. 733 Leucójum W. 734 Strumária Jacq. 735 Crínum W. 736 Cyrtanthus H. K. 737 Brunsvígia Heist. 738 Neríne Herb. 739 Amarýllis W. 740 Vallóta Herb. 741 Griffínia Ker 742 Sternbérgia W. 743 Zephyranthes' Herb 744 Habránthus Herb. 745 Doryánthes R. Br 746 Gethýllis H. K. 748 Alstræméria W. 749 Conanthera Fl. per.