ee E 
H. An 
shorter than t 
H. cala 
about 3in. long, expanding in succession with 
H. 
Hymenocallis—con — — i 
šin. to 4in. long, and resembling a Giant Trumpet Narcissus. 
(B. M. 2621.) 
H. Amancaes (Amancaes). f, corolla bright yellow, Jar e, 
nutant, salver-shaped ; tube green downwards, yellow upwar $3 
segments linear-lanceolate, narrow, distant, stellately ex: nded ; 
l. reticulately veined, down- 
wards fistularly sheathing for about half the — of the — 
er 
scape compressed, ancipital, even. 
h. about 2ft. Chili and Peru. Greenhouse. (B. M, 1224, un 
name of Pancratium amances.) ; 
H. amoena (charming).* fl. sweet-scented ; tube green-white, 
remainder of the flower white. October. 7. six to eight, 10in. 
long, paler beneath, with a thick fleshy midrib. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 
Guiana, 1790. Stove. (B. M. 1467, under name of Pancratium 
amænum.) 
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Fig. 255. HYMENOCALLIS ANDREANA. 
dreana (André’s). f. white, on slender one-flowered scapes, 
e leaves ; perianth tube green, cylindrical, erect, 
in. to 5in. long, curved at the top ; limb white ; segments linear, 
żin. to 4in. long ; corona broadly funnel-shaped, nearly 3in. long, 
šin. to 4in. at the throat, with — stripes. J. linear, pale green, 
glabrous. A. 14ft. Ecuador, 1876. See Fig. 255. (R. H. 1884, 
468 ; Gn. xxv. 454, under name of Ismene Andreana.) 
H. Borskiana (Borski’s). /. white, with a very thin transparent 
corona, seven in an umbel. April. Z. dull green, 2: ft. long. h. 1ft. 
La Guayra, 1845. Stove. 
thinum (basket-flowered).* f, white, exceeding! fragrant, 
f pas ex * — ——— als af fom ten 
to fourteen days ; tube and u r part of style green. March an 
April. 7. fistula] sheaths. few, two-ranked, striate-nerved, 
Brazil, 1796. Greenhouse. (B. M. 1561, under name of 
Paneratium calathinum.) 
Choretis (Choretis). A., tube long, green ; limb white ; corona 
— — with a jagged border; scape ogc phat August. 
. Strap s , erect, ucous, about m. wide and bin. long. 
h. lft. — 1837. ve. SYN. Choretis glauca. 
H. expansa (expanded). fl. sessile, obsoletely three-cornered, 
le green, 4lin, long : nts linear. November. Z. linear- 
— —— country unknown. Stove. 
(B. M. 1941, under name of Pancratium expansum.) 
» H: Harris’s). fi. white ; tube very and slender, 
surmounted by ae very st elt ore white segments, and with a 
cup-shaped corona from whose border pr ‘six green stamens | 
at distances ; umbels iow deere une. l. sessile. h. 1ft. 
Mexico, 1838. Greenhouse. (B. M. 6562.) 
, (McLean’s). f. white; perianth yellowish, marked 
with green ; tube room fmb and style exceeding the corona. 
June. Z. broad, arching, deep green. h. 2ft. Lima, 1837. Green- 
house, nearly hardy. an account of this plant and its allies, 
and their uses by the Peruvians, see Stewart’s “ Visit to the South 
i — or the long extract from that work given in the “ Botanical 
H. 
agazine,” lxv. (B. M. 3675, under name of Ismene Macleana.) 
macrostephana (large-crowned).* /. white, with a green tube, 
about Zin. long, — brr aai eA el six to eight-flowered. 
l broad-lanceolate, 24ft. to 3ft. long. A. 2ft. 1879. 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 165 
Hymenocallis —continued. 
H. rotata (rotate). /l, white ; segments of perianth linear-lanceo- 
late ; corona spreading, closely toothed ; sane two-edged, ten to 
twelve-flowered, longer than the leaves. May. J. linear-oblong, 
streaked. h.14ft. Florida, 1803. Greenhouse. (B. M. 827, under 
name of Panecratium rotatum.) 
H, speciosa (showy).* /. pure white, very fragrant, especiall 
in the evening ; seape shorter than’ the leaves compressed, 
ancipital. Z. very dark green, from 14ft. to 2ft. long, and from x 
Sin. to 4in. across the broadest pt West Indies, 1759. A very ' 
desirable stove plant. (B. M, 1453, under name of Pan- 
cratium speciosum.) 
H. tenuifolia (narrow-leaved). fl. white; corona large, funnel- 
shaped, nearly as long as the linear perianth nents ; scape 
involucre inferior, more or 
two-edged, one-flowered. June. J, linear. h gin. Ecuador, 
1878. A beautiful greenhouse species. 
(B. M. 6397, under name of Temene 
tenuifolia.) 
. lft. Cusco, 1840. Greenhouse, 
(B. R. 1841, 12, under name of Zemene 
virescens.) 
HYMENODES. Membranous 
in texture. 
HYMENODICTYON (from 
hymen, a membrane, and dictyon, 
a net; seeds girded by a retion- — 
lated membrane). Syn. Kurria. 
“ Orp. Rubiacee, A genns com- 
prising four or five species of stove 
trees, natives of Asia and tropical 
Africa. Flowers small, racemosely 
panicled. Leaves opposite, petio- 
late, glabrons or pubescent, deci- 
duons. For enlture, see Cin- 
chona. 
H. excelsum (tall). _/,, panicles axil- 
lary and poe met ge. Summer. 
l. oblong and downy; floral png 
coloured and blistered. A. . 
India, 1820. The bark of this species 
is very astringent, and is largely 
for tanning purposes. (B. F. 5. 
under name of H. utile.) ao 
HYMENODIUM CRINITUM. A synonym — 
Acrostichum crinitum, cae Cate os 
HYMENOLEPIS. Included under Acrostich ost: — © 
HYMENOPHYLLUM (from hymen, a —— 
and phyllon, a leaf), Filmy Fern. Orv. Filices maces: a 
genus of about eighty species of stove or greenhouse, 
rarely hardy, ferns. _ Fronds delicately — Sort 
simple or compound, never w iong Teme. T. 
marginal, more or less sunk = gy ~ agg edema od 
two-valved, toothed or fringed, or entire ; ——— 
elongated, columnar, exserted or ineluded. Except whe 
otherwise stated, the species described below require 
stove treatment. For culture, see Ferns. ae 
bru: brupt ). att. a in. long, very slender. fronds — 
Fr orto tone, dik, Yo fin. broad, oblong, pianatifi nearly to 
rachis ; — Wee, abont i long. sori one or two to a frond, x 
nal on the apex. West Indies and tropical America, — 
— i 1).* sti, lin. to 2in. l 
verdigris-covered).” sti, lin. . long, 
beg oe» to ai long, about, or scarcely lin. broad, lance 
Se Tate aan Habelinge, divided down ncariy to the rach 
ones , divide í us; 
—— E Saanen. sori two to twelve, terminal on 
= 
p rminal J 
segments. d@ Acunha. BS ane 
H. j (Asplenium-like). sti. lin. to 2in. long, slender. 
—— o en. — to lin. broad, pendulous, o tear, 
al outline, pinnatifid nearly to rachis. sort one 
aida the segments. ica, 1859. 
ng, spinuloso-dentate, sori very nume! 
H. Boryanum (Bory’s). A synonym of H. ciliatum. 
