EUCOMIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



EURYCLES 



from July to September in dense 

 cylindrical trusses, on stout scapes 

 H to 2 ft. high, heavily spotted with 

 purple, and having a tuft of red-edged 

 bracts on top. The yellow-anthered 

 stamens are opposite the segments, 

 and the deep violet ovary in the 

 centre of the flowers is very conspicu- 

 ous and distinctly attractive. In the 

 variety striata (Bot. Mag. t. 1539) 

 the purple blotches on the leaves and 

 flower-stems partake more of the 

 character of stripes. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 913; Red. Lil.i. 208.) 



Fio. 140. Eucomis punctata. (J.) 



E. robusta. This strong - growing 

 species has narrow pointed leaves 

 about 2 ft. long, and green bell-shaped 

 flowers, tinged with brown, borne in 

 dense racemes on sturdy scapes (Gard. 

 Chron. 1894, xvi. 562). 



B. undulata (Bot. Mag. t. 1083), 

 with ovate oblong wavy green 

 leaves and greenish -yellow flowers; 

 B. regia (Red. Lit. t. 175), with 



white or rose-tinted fragrant flowers ; 

 B. pallidiflora, with leaves over 

 2 ft. long and 4 to 5 ins. broad, 

 and greenish - white flowers 1 in. 

 across ; and E. zambesiaca, from E. 

 Tropical Africa, requiring greenhouse 

 treatment, are other species not so 

 well known. 



EUCROSIA (eu, beautiful; krossos, 

 a fringe ; in allusion to the elegant 

 fringe forming the stamens). Nat. 

 Ord. Amaryllideae. This genus con- 

 tains one species 



E. bicolor. A native of the Andes 

 of Ecuador, whence it was introduced 

 in 1817. It has ovoid brown-coated 

 bulbs about 1 in. through, and thin, 

 lance - shaped, stalked leaves, the 

 blades being about 6 ins. long and 1 

 to 2 ins. broad. The funnel-shaped 

 flowers, about an inch long, are 

 orange-yellow, the segments being 

 veined or keeled with green. The 

 stamens are much longer than the 

 perianth-tube, and protrude conspicu- 

 ously ; and the style is much longer. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 207 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2490 ; 

 Hook, Exot. Fl. t. 209.) 



This species may be regarded as a 

 curious and somewhat ornamental 

 greenhouse plant. It will grow 

 freely in a compost of rich sandy 

 peat, and requires fair supplies of 

 water during active growth. The 

 blossoms appear in loose umbels on 

 a stalk about a foot high about April 

 and May. The plants rest in winter, 

 and may be increased by offsets in 

 spring when growth is commencing. 



EURYCLES (euri/s, broad; bias, a 

 branch ; referring to the broad leaves 

 or branch-like foot-stalks). Nat. Ord. 

 Amaryllideae. This genus contains 

 two species of pretty plants with 

 tunicated bulbs, broad stalked leaves 

 with curving veins, and white flowers 

 produced in umbels. Perianth-tube 



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