CYRTANTHUS 



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CYRTANTHUS 



diameter, with two or three linear tube being curved in front and 



leaves, 6 to 9 ins. long. Flowers 

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

 ten in an umbel on a slender scape 

 a foot high. (Bot. Reg. t. 162.) 



C. helictus. Closely related to C. 

 uniform, having round bulbs about 

 1 in. in diameter, spirally twisted 

 leaves about 6 ins. long, and small 

 umbels of white tubular flowers, 1^ 

 to 2 ins. long, having a crimson stripe 

 on each segment (Gard. Ckron. July 

 1893, 69, f.). 



C. Huttoni. This species has ovoid 

 bulbs, and strap-shaped leaves to f 

 in. broad, and about a foot long. 

 From six to eight pale red, narrowly 



Pio. 112. Cyrtanthus Huttoni. 



funnel-shaped flowers are borne in an 

 umbel, on top of a stoutish scape 

 about 1 ft. high. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 7488.) 



C. hybrldus. A bigeneric garden 

 hybrid between Cyrtanthus san- 

 guineus and Vallota purpurea, and 

 most resembling the latter in general 

 appearance. The flowers are clear 

 orange-scarlet or bright carmine, the 



almost sharply dilated at the throat. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 391.) 



C. inaequaiis. 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 (Gard. 

 Chron. 1905, xxxvii. f. 261). 



C. lutescens (Monella ochroleucd). 

 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 very 

 slender in the lower half. The variety 

 Cooperi (Bot. Mag. t. 5374) is a finer 

 plant with several flowers on a scape. 



C. Mackeni. A popular species 

 with ovoid bulbs 1 j 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. (Gard. 

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

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



C. Macowani. 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 H ins. long, are 

 borne on a scape about 1 ft. high. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1875, 95; Gartenfl. t. 

 960.) 



O. obliquus ( Crimim obliquum ; 

 Agapanthus Umbrella). This species 

 has also been in cultivation since 

 1774, like G. angmtifolius. It has 

 large ovoid bulbs 3 to 4 ins. in 

 diameter, and about a dozen strap- 



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