HIPPEASTET'M 



THE BULB BOOK 



mrPEASTEUM 



Amongst the natural species and 

 distinct hybrids of Hippeastrura, the 

 following are worthy of note : — 



H. Ackermannl. — Crimson. The 

 variety jmlcherrima is figured in 

 Moore, Mag. 1850, ii, 5 ; Chehoni, 

 in Floral Ma<j. t. 545; and other 

 forms in same publication, n.s. tt. 77, 

 167, 347, and 359. 



H. advenum. — A native of Chili, 

 with narrow blue-green leaves about 



1 ft. long, and yellow or red flowers 

 {Bot. Beg. t. 849 ; £ot. Mag. t. 1125). 

 The variety ixxllidus has pale yellow 

 flowers (Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1760). 



H. Alberti. — A double - flowered 

 form of H. equestre or //. Begince, 

 the blossoms being orange-red, yellow 

 at the base {III. Hort. 1866, t. 498). 



H. Andreanum. — This is a native 

 of the Colombian Cordilleras, where 

 it was found in 1876 by Mr Andre. 

 It has large bulbs and pale red flowers 

 with streaks of brighter red. 



H. Archavaletas. — This species, 

 from Monte Video is closely related 

 to //. vittatum, differing only in 

 having the margins of the floral 

 segments plain. The scape is about 



2 ft. high, bearing an umbel of white 

 flowers banded with crimson. 



H. auUcum. — Flowers large, with 

 oboval petals striped with bright 

 crimson within, shading to green at 

 the base. Introduced from Central 

 Brazil in 1819. {Bot. Mag. t. 3311 ; 

 Bot. Reg. tt. 444, 1038.) 



H. Bagnoldi {Hahrantkus). — Native 

 of Chili. Leaves linear, about 1 ft. 

 long. Flowers yellow tinged with 

 red. {Bot. Reg. t. 1396.) The variety 

 piaictatus has small reddish dots on 

 the petals. 



H. bicoior. — A native of Chili, 

 where it flowers in October. Leaves 

 linear, U to 2 ft. long. Flowers bright 

 red, fading into yellow-green towards 

 the base. {Bot. Mag. t. 2399 ] Bot. 

 Reg. tt. 809, 1943.) 



H. blfldum {Hahrantkus hijxdus). — 

 Native of Buenos Ayres and ]\[onte 

 Video. Introduced about 1825 by 

 Lord Carnarvon. Leaves linear, pro- 

 duced after the bright red flowers. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 2599.) 



H. brachyandrum. — Flowers bright 

 red {But. Mag. t. 7344). 



H. breviflorum. — A native of 

 Buenos Ayres. First flowered at 

 Glasgow in 1836, but seems to have 

 dropped out of cultivation. Leaves 

 Ih ft. long, about Ih ins. broad. 

 Flowers white keeled wuth red, five 

 to six on a roundish blue-green 

 peduncle 2 to 3 ft. high. {Herb. 

 Amargll. 137, t. 21, fig. 4; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3549.) 



H. calyptratum. — Introduced from 

 Brazil in 1816. Flowers pale yellow, 

 netted on the face with gi-een, {Bot. 

 Reg. t. 164] Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 864.) 



H. Cybister {SpreJielia Cybister). — 

 This species was introduced from the 

 Boliv-ian Andes, and forms the con- 

 necting link between Sprekelia and 

 Hippeastrum, It is, however, lost to 

 cultivation. Flowers bright crimson 

 tinged with green towards the tip. 

 {Bot. Reg. t. 33 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3872 ; 

 Ft. d. Sen: tt. 455-6.) 



H. equestre {Barbados Lilt/). — This 

 is the oldest species, and "was first 

 noticed by Hermann in 1698." It 

 grows in Tropical America from 

 Mexico and the West Indies to Chili 

 and Brazil. It has stoloniferous bulbs 

 and bright green strap-shaped leaves, 

 1 h ft. long, about 2 ins. broad. Flowers 

 4 to 5 ins. deep, bright red shading to 

 yellowish-green at the base. {Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoen. t. 63; Bot. Mag. t. 

 305; Red. Lil. t. 32). The variety 

 splendens has larger flowers with 

 broader petals {Rev. Hort. 1895, 577). 



H. Iguapense, from S. Brazil, has 

 small ovoid bulbs, Jance-shaped leaves 

 6 to 9 ins. long and over 2 ins. broad, 

 and white flowers, the upper segments 



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