434 THE DICTIONARY OF 
GARDENING, 
Hymenocallis—continued. 
Fic. 452. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAVES OF HYMENOCALLIS 
TUBIFLORA. 
H. eucharidifolia (Eucharis-like).* j., perianth with a green, 
slender tube 4in. long ; segments linear, deeply channelled down 
the face, Sin. to 34in. long; corona funnel-shaped, 1jin. long ; 
umbel four- or five-flowered ; scape ancipitous, lft. long. May. 
1. four, thin, bright green, oblong, lft. long, nearly sessile. 
Tropical America, 1884. Stove. 
H. glauca (bluish-grey). The correct name of H. Choretis. 
H. Horsmanni (Horsmann’s). . one to three in a sessile 
umbel; perianth tube 4in. to 54in. long, the segments very 
narrow, 24in. long; corona rotate, less than lin. long; peduncle 
3in. to 4in. long. July. J. few, thin, oblanceolate, lft. long, 
lin. to 1sin. broad, very narrow at base. Mexico, 1883. Stove. 
H. humilis (dwarf). jl. solitary; perianth tube lin. long, 
dilated at the top, the segments linear, 2in. long; corona 
broadly funnel-shaped, gin. long; peduncle rather shorter than 
the leaves. 7. linear, 4in. to 6in. long, din. broad. Florida, 
1888. Greenhouse. (G. & F. 1888, i., p. 114, f. 23.) 
H. lacera (torn). The correct name of H. rotata. 
H. littoralis (shore-loving). The correct name of H. adnata. 
Syn. H. Deleuilit. 
H. Moritziana (Moritz’s).* fl. fragrant, twenty or more in an 
umbel; perianth tube very long, greenish. J. erect, distichous 
or nearly so, Eucharis-like, 24ft. long. La Guayra. Stove. A 
compact, handsome, evergreen species, allied to H. eucharidi- 
folia, but larger in all its parts. 
H. ovata (egg-shaped) is the correct name of H. amena.* SyYNS. 
a amenum (B. M. 1467), P. fragrans, P. ovatuin 
(B. R. 43). See Fig. 451. 
H. Palmeri (Palmer's). #. solitary; perianth tube 3din. to 
4in. long, the segments as long as the tube and only one line 
broad; corona funnel-shaped, lin. to jin. long, acuminately 
lobed; peduncle slender, less than lft. long. 7. linear, lft. 
long, tin. broad. Florida, 1888. Greenhouse. (G. & F. 1888, 
i., p. 138, f. 25.) 
H. quitoensis (Quito). The correct name of H. tenuifolia. 
H. schizostephana (having a cut corona). jl. resembling 
those of H. caribea, but having the filaments very stout and 
winged at the base, forming an irregular cup, appearing as if 
torn. Brazil, 1899, 
Hymenocallis—continued. 
H. tubiflora (tube-flowered). fl. many in an umbel, sessile; 
erianth tube erect, slender, 6in. to Sin. long, the segments 
inear, about 4in. long ; corona narrow funnel-shaped, lin. long ; 
eduncle compressed, lft. long. J. with a thin, oblong, acute 
TName: 8in. to 12in. long, gradually narrowed to a petiole 6in. 
to 12in. long. Guiana, Trinidad, &c., 1803. See Fig. 452. Syn. 
Panciatium guianense. 
H. undulata (wavy). The correct name of H. Borskiana. 
H. virescens is identical with H. Macleana. 
HYMENOCHARIS (of Salisbury). A synonym of 
Ischnosiphon (which see). 
HYMENOCYSTIS. 
(which see). 
HYMENOLZENA. A synonym of Pleurospermum 
(which see). 
HYMENOMYCETES. See Oak Fungi. 
HYMENOPAPPUS (from hymen, a membrane, and 
appos, pappus; the latter consists of hyaline pale). 
YN. othia. OrpD, Composite. A genus embracing 
seven species of hardy or half-hardy, annnal, biennial, 
or perennial, mostly floccose-tomentose herbs, natives of 
North America, and closely allied to Chenactis. Flower- 
heads white or yellow, medium-sized, corymbosely 
eymose or solitary, pedunculate. Leayes alternate, once 
or twice pinnatifid or partite; lower ones sometimes 
entire. Two of the species have been introduced. They 
thrive under ordinary treatment. 
H. artemisizfolius (Artemisia-leaved). _/l.-heads white, 4in. 
long, corymbiform-cymose and rather numerous, on_ short 
eduncles. Spring. @. varying from simply pinnatifid or 
yrately few-lobed and sometimes quite entire (lanceolate or 
oblong) to bipinnately parted into broadly linear or narrowly 
oblong obtuse divisions or lobes. h. lft. to 3ft. Texas. 
Perennial. 
H. tenuifolius (slender-leaved). (/l.-heads dull white, din. to 
4in. long, rather numerous and corymbosely cymose, on rather 
short, slender peduncles. Spring. J. rather rigid, once or twice 
(radical ones thrice) pinnately parted into very narrow- 
linear or filiform divisions, their margins soon revolute. 
h. 1ft. to 2ft. Nebraska, &c. Biennial. 
Included under Woodsia 
Fic. 453. HYMENOPHYLLUM PULCHERRIMUM. 
