Tap. 7547. 
LYCORIS  squamicera. 
Native of Japan and China. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE%.—Tribe AMARYLLER. 
Genus Lycoris, Herb.; (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 627.) 
Lycoris syuamigera; bulbo globoso magno tunicis membranaceis brunneis, 
foliis vernalibus loratis obtusis viridibus flaccidis glabris, floribus umbel- 
latis post folia productis, scapo elongato robusto solido tereti, umbellis 
4-8-floris, pedicellis brevibus, spathe valvis parvis ovato-lanceolatis 
Scariosis, perianthii rosei tubo subeylindrico squamis 6 truncatis ad 
faucem preedito, lobis oblanceolato-oblongis tubo 2-3-plo longioribus, | 
_ staminibus declinatis lobis paulo brevioribus, stylo exserto. | 
L. squamigera, Maxim. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. vi. (1835), p. 79. Baker 
Handb. Amaryllid. p, 40. S. Wats. in Garden & Forest, vol. iii, (1890) 
p. 176, fig. 832. Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. i. p. 137, fig. 38, 
Amaryllis Hallii, Hort. Hovey. 
The genus Lycoris is nearly allied to Hippeastrum, and 
differs from Amaryllis mainly in its seeds, which have an 
opaque black testa, and are more or less compressd. All 
the species inhabit Japan and China, whilst Amaryllis is 
confined to the Cape, and Hippeastrum to tropical America. 
The present plant in habit and the colour of its flowers 
much resembles Amaryllis Belladona. We have in the 
Kew Herbarium a cultivated specimen collected by 
Maximovicez near Yokohama in 1862. It is figured in the 
Somokou-Zusetsu, a series of coloured figures of Japanese 
plants in many volumes by the Japanese artist Yokoussai, 
under the name of Jagatara-Suisen. In consequence, 
_ however, of there being an English numbering of the 
figures, and a Japanese numbering of the folios of that 
work, Maximovicz cites the Japanese name of J. aurea, 
Vol. v. fol. 61, for his species (fol. 63). There is also a 
good figure of this species in the Hongo Zufu, vol. vii. 
fol. 34, recto. 
L. squamigera was introduced in a living state from 
China by Dr. G. Hall of Bristol, Rhode Island, and 
was sent out widely by Messrs. Hovey of Boston, 
Avaust Ist, 1897, 
