CYnTANTIITTS 



THE BUr,« BOOK 



CYRTANTIIUS 



diameter, with two or three linear 

 leaves, G to 9 ins. long. Flowers 

 bright red, U to 2 ins. long, six to 

 ten in an umbel on a slender scape 

 a foot high. {Bat. Reg. t. 162.) 



C. helictus. — Closely related to C. 

 vtiirforKs, having round bulbs about 

 1 in. in diameter, spirally twisted 

 leaves about 6 ins. long, and small 

 umbels of white tubular flowers, U 

 to 2 ins. long, having a crimson stripe 

 on each segment {Gard. Citron. July 

 1893, 09, f.). 



C. Huttonl. — This species has ovoid 

 bulbs, and strap-shaped leaves \ to \ 

 in. broad, and about a foot long. 

 From six to eight pale red, narrowly 



Fio. U2.—CyrtarUhus Huttoni. (i.) 



funnel-shaped flowers are borne in an 

 umbel, on top of a stoutish scape 

 about 1 ft. high. (JJot. Marj. t. 

 7488.) 



C. hybrldus. — A bigeneric garden 

 hybrid between Cyrtanthus san- 

 guineus and Vallotd purpurea., and 

 most resembling tlic latter in general 

 appearance. The flowers are clear 

 orange-scarlet or bright carmine, the 



tube l)eing curved in front and 

 almost sharply dilated at the throat. 

 {Card. Chruii. 1885, xxiv. 391.) 



C. inaequalis. — This species has 

 narrow leaves 1 ft. or more long, 

 and is remarkable for the erect habit 

 of the coral-red flowers, which are 

 borne in umbels on top of scapes 1 

 ft. high, and for the overhanging 

 upper segments of the perianth {dard. 

 Chron. 1905, xxxvii. f. 261). 



C. lutescens {Monella ochroleuca). — 

 A charming species with round bulbs 

 1 in. in diameter, having two to four 

 green linear leaves about 1 ft. long. 

 From two to three pale yellow 

 flowers, about 2 ins. long, appear on 

 a slender scape about 1 ft. high, the 

 tube being slightly curved and veiy 

 slender in the lower half. The variety 

 Cooperi {Hot. Mag. t. 5374) is a finer 

 plant with several flowers on a scape. 



C. Mackeni. — A popular species 

 with ovoid bulbs \\ ins. in diameter, 

 and two to six linear leaves about 1 

 ft. long. The narrow funnel-shaped 

 white flowers, about 2 ins. long, are 

 borne in umbels of six to ten on a 

 slender scape a foot long, during the 

 winter and spring months, {(lard. 

 Chron. 1869, 641, fig. ; Saund. Bef. 

 Bot. t. 355 ; Cartenfl. 1280, 3.) 



C. Macowanl.— This species grows 

 wild at an elevation of 5000 ft. in the 

 eastern provinces of Cape Colony. 

 It has ovoid bulbs about 1 in. in 

 diameter, and one to three linear 

 leaves 6 to 12 ins. long. From six to 

 eight bright scarlet, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped flowers, about 1 \ ins. long, arc 

 borne on a scape about 1 ft. high. 

 {(kird. Chron. 1875, 95; Cartenfl. t. 

 960.) 



C. obliquus {Crinum ohliqxmm ; 

 Agapanthu.t Umhrella). — This species 

 has also been in cultivation since 

 1774, like C. angustifolius. It has 

 large ovoid l)ulbs 3 . to 4 ins. in 

 diameter, and about a dozen strap- 



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