Lycoris AMARYLLIDACEAE ZephyrantheS 



Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Moist woods and cultivated. 



2. Lycoris aurea (L'Herit.) Herb. Golden Spider-Lily &*fe^ (Hu Ti Hsiao) (B.M. 

 258). Lvs. before fig. scape, 3-6 dm. high; fls. yellow, VII-VIII. China; locally 

 in Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Moist woodland and cultivated. Fig. 487. 



3. Lycoris squamigera Maxim, gig? (Lu Ts'ung; Stag Garlic. WKltil Hsia Shui 

 Hsien; Summer Narcissus) (B.M. 258). Lvs. before fig. scape, 4-6 dm. high; fls. 

 pink, VIII. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Che. Moist woodland. 



4. Lycoris sanguinea Maxim, i^felfj (T'ieh Se Chien; Iron-colored Arrow) (B.M. 

 179). Fig. scape before the lvs., 3 dm. high; fls. red, VIII. Eastern Asia; locally 

 in Che., Ku. Moist shade. 



3. Polianthes Linn. Tuberose J^Titli (Yueh Hsia Hsiang Shu) 

 Tuberous-rooted herbs with grass-like lvs.: stems erect, more or less lfy., termi- 

 nating in an extended bracteate flg. raceme or spike: perianth with a long tube and 

 nearly equal segments; stamens inserted in the tube, and included: capsule bearing 

 the persistent perianth; seeds flat. About 12 species in Mexico; one cultivated in 

 China. (Greek: polios, shining or white, and anthos, flower.) 



1. Polianthes tuberosa Linn. Tuberose J^Tif (Yuen Hsia Hsiang; Moonlight- 

 fragrance) (M.F. 146). Stout and erect, 1-2 m. high; fls. white, fragrant, VII-X. 

 Unknown wild; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 488. 



4. Sprekelia Heister. Jacobean-lily MMMM (Chan Mu Lan Shu) 

 Bulbous herbs with narrow basal lvs., appearing with the fls.: fls. horizontal, 

 showy, bright red, solitary, at top of the hollow leafless scape: perianth quite irregular, 

 without tube; but the lower segments rolled together for part of their length, and 

 supporting the inner narrower segments; stamens attached to the base of the perianth 

 segments, exserted, with large versatile anthers: fr. a 3-celled capsule; seeds disc- 

 like, narrowly winged. One species, in Mexico, often cultivated. (For J. H. von 

 Sprekelson, of Hamburg, who sent the plant to Linnaeus, and wrote on plants, died 

 1764.) 



1. Sprekelia formosissima (L.) Herb. (B.M. 257). Fig. scape with the lvs., 3dm. 

 high; fls. red and yellow, VI. Introduced from Mexico; locally in Ku. Planted, 

 ornamental. 



5. Zephyranthes Herb. Zephyr-Lily JjjtK (Yii Lien Shu) 



Small bulbous herbs with grass-like basal lvs.: fls. almost regular, erect, terminal, 

 one to each scape, funnelform; perianth segments united below into a short tube (ours); 

 fr. a subglobose loculicidal capsule. About 50 species, in warm parts of the New 

 World; 3 cultivated in China. (Greek: zephyr, wind, and anthos, flower.) 



Key to the Species 



Stigmas lobed, not cleft; fls. white, often tinged red 1. Z. Candida 



Stigmas 3-cleft; fls. rose-red 2. Z. carmata 



1. Zephyranthes Candida (Lindl.) Herb. j-!j| (Yii Lien; Jade Screen) (B.M. 254). 

 Fig. scape with the lvs., to 4dm. high; fls. white, IX-X. Introduced from South 

 America; locally in Ku. Planted ornamental. Fig. 489. 



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