244 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
SNOWFLAKE. 
See Leucoium, Page 169. 
SPARAXIS. 
These were formerly included in the genus IJzia 
(Page 166), and bear a close resemblance to them, the 
main points of difference being 
that the Sparaxis are of more 
compact habit of growth, the 
flowers more bold, and some- 
what larger, and the flower 
spikes are not more than half 
as high, rarely growing more 
‘than six inches. They require 
the same treatment as the 
Ixias, in all respects, and are 
propagated in the same man- 
ner. They deserve a place in 
the greenhouse and window 
* garden. 
SPREKELIA. 
See Page 22. 
STAR-GRASS. 
See Hypoxis, Page 158. 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
See Ornithogalum, Page 
SPARAXIS. 246. 
STENOMESSON. 
A small genus of South American bulbs formerly 
included in Coburgia, Pancratium and Amaryllis. 
Although rather pretty, the most of them do not com- 
