EURYCLES 



THE BULB BOOK 



EUSTEPHIA 



cylindrical; segments subequal, oblong 

 lance-shaped. Stamens six, with 

 filaments bordered in the lower half, 

 and more or less united into a 

 distinct cup. 



These bulbs require to be grown in 

 a warm greenhouse or stove with a 

 temperature of 65 to 75 F., or even 

 a few degrees more ; but they will 

 stand a lower temperature in winter 

 when at rest. They are best grown 

 in pots or pans in a compost of sandy 

 loam, leaf-mould, and a little well- 

 rotted cow-manure. During active 

 growth they require plenty of water, 

 and may be treated generally in the 

 same way as the Eucharises. The 

 simplest method of propagation is by 

 offsets from the older bulbs. 



Fio. 141. Eurycles sylvestris. (J.) 



B. Cunningham!. A native of 

 Queensland and New South Wales, 

 whence it was introduced in 1824. 

 The bulbs are about 1J ins. through, 

 and the thin leaves are oblong-acute, 

 the blade being from 4 to 9 ins. long. 

 From ten to fifteen funnel-shaped 

 white flowers are borne on a slender 



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scape about a foot high. (Sot. Reg. 

 t. 1506 ; Bot. Mag, t. 3999.) 



E. sylvestris (E. amtralis ; E. 

 amboinensis; Pancratium amboinense; 

 P. australasicum ; P. nervifolium ; 

 Crinum nervosum; Amaryllis rotundi- 

 /olia). This remarkable plant is 

 found wild in the Malayan Peninsula 

 and the Philippines to N. Australia, 

 and judging by its synonyms, appears 

 to have given the botanists much 

 trouble. The bulbs are 3 to 4 ins. 

 through, and the leaves with roundish 

 heart-shaped pointed blades are from 

 6 to 12 ins. broad, with twelve to 

 fifteen strong veins on each side of 

 the midrib, and furnished with a 

 long stalk dilated at the base. From 

 twenty to thirty white flowers are 

 borne in a dense umbel on the top of 

 a round scape 1 to 1| ft. high. The 

 filaments are remarkable for their 

 appendages, J to J in. long, united 

 only at the very base. (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1419 ; Red. LiL t. 384 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 715.) 



EUSTEPHIA (eu, beautiful ; stephos, 

 a crown; referring to the arrange- 

 ment of the stamens). Nat. Ord. 

 Amaryllideie. The only species 

 known is 



E. coccinea (E. Macleanica ; 

 Phcedranassa rubro - viridis). A 

 native of the Andes of Peru with 

 ovoid bulbs about 1 in. through. The 

 bright green linear leaves, a foot or 

 more long, appear after the blossoms. 

 These appear in spring, six to eight 

 more or less drooping from the top of 

 a slender two-edged scape about a 

 foot high. The perianth-tube is short 

 and bell-shaped, the bluntish oblan- 

 ceolate segments being bright red 

 tipped with green. 



This plant is rarely seen, but it 

 has been in cultivation several times. 

 It requires to be grown in a green- 

 house, in a compost of rich sandy 



