. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 534 AMARYLLIDACEAE. Vol. the ovary. Capsule ovoid, subglobose or oblong, 3-lobed, 3-celled, thick-walled, many-seeded. Seeds compressed. [Named for Manfred, an ancient Italian writer.] About 25^ species, all American. Besides the following, some 3 others occur in the southern states. Type species: Agave virginica L. i. Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. False
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 534 AMARYLLIDACEAE. Vol. the ovary. Capsule ovoid, subglobose or oblong, 3-lobed, 3-celled, thick-walled, many-seeded. Seeds compressed. [Named for Manfred, an ancient Italian writer.] About 25^ species, all American. Besides the following, some 3 others occur in the southern states. Type species: Agave virginica L. i. Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. False • Aloe. Fig. 1324. Agave virginica L. Sp. PI. 323. 1753. M. virginica Salisb.; Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8- 19. 1903. Glabrous throughout, rootstock a short crown with numerous fibrous roots. Scape 2°-6° tall, rather slender, sometimes nearly J' in diameter at the base, its bracts distant, long-acuminate, the lower 3'-6'^ long; leaves narrowly oblong, i°-2° long, Y-2Y wide, acuminate, their margins entire or denticulate; spike i°-2° long, loose; flowers greenish yellow, odorous, solitary in the axils of short bracts, sessile or the lowest distinctly pedi- celled; perianth nearly tubular, slightly expanded above, 8"-i2" long, the tube about twice as long as the erect lobes; filaments at length about as long as the perianth; capsule s"-8" in diameter, slightly longer than thick, abruptly contracted into a short stalk. In dry soil, Maryland to Indiana and Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. Rattlesnake's-master. 6. HYPOXIS L. Syst. Ed. 10, 2: 986. 1759. Low, mostly villous herbs with a corm or short rootstock, grass-like leaves and slender few-flowered scapes, the flowers rather small. Perianth 6-parted, its segments equal or nearly so, separate to the summit of the ovary, spreading, withering-persistent, the 3 outer ones greenish on the lower side in our species. Stamens inserted on the bases of the peri- anth-segments; filaments short; anthers e
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