BRODI^A 



THE BULB BOOK 



BRODI^A 



gardens as ffesperoco7'di(m lacteum), 

 has umbels of white flowers striped 

 with green behind. The form known 

 as lUacina has larger white flowers 

 than lactea, suft'used with lilac. 



pale blue or pinkish-purple. Other 

 forms have deep purple-blue flowers. 



B. Leichtlini {Milla LeichtHni).~K 

 pretty species from the Chilian Andes. 

 It has narrow linear leaves, and in 



Fig. 7(i.—Ilroduca Ilowclli lilacina. (J.) 



B. ixioides {Ornithogalum ixioides ; 

 Calliprora hdea). — A beautiful and 

 distinct species popularly called 

 " Pretty Face," having narrow, linear, 

 fleshy leaves, and scapes 1 to 2 ft. 

 long, bearing umbels of ten to twenty 

 bright yellow flowers. The variety 

 erecta is a fine form with large clear 

 yellow flowers of great substance. 

 >Sple7idens is another fine variety, 

 rather earlier in blossoming. 



B. laxa (Milla and Triteleia laxa). 

 — A pretty and showy species with 

 narrow linear leaves, and scapes 1 to 

 2 ft. long, having umbels of twenty to 

 fifty or more pale or dark violet flowers 

 about H ins. long, with segments 

 shorter than the funnel-shaped tube. 

 The variety sjilendem^ is an improve- 

 ment on the type, with stouter scapes 

 and larger heads of blossom of a soft 





Brodicca laxa. (J.) 



March produces its large, slightly 

 scented, pure white flowers with a 

 greenish band down the centre of the 

 segments. Only a few large blossoms 

 are borne on each umbel. 



B. multiflora (JJ. parviJlora).~K 

 pretty species with six to twenty 

 rather small pale blue floAvers in 

 umbels on long scapes. There are 

 three perfect stamens and three 

 staminodia. {Bot. Mag. t. 5989.) 



B. Orcutti.— This distinct species 

 has linear flattish leaves and stout 

 scapes 1 ft. or more in length, and 

 umbels of five to fifteen or more 

 bright lilac flowers, each over 1 in. 

 in diameter, with three fertile stamens 

 and three staminodia {Gard. Chron. 

 1896, XX. 214, f. 40). 



B. Palmer!.— A species not yet well 

 known, with narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves, and bright purple flowers on 

 stems 1 to 2 ft. high {Gartetxfl. 1889, 

 f. 107). 



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