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THE BULB BOOK 



GETHYLLIS 



vermilion ; very numerous. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5070.) 



Q-. Douglas! (G. maculata ; G. verti- 

 cillata). Leaves in whorls of four, 

 ovate, toothed, the lower ones stalked, 

 the upper sessile. Flowers bright 

 red, drooping, and borne in clusters 

 in the axils of the upper leaves. (Bot. 

 Beg. t. 1110; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 

 1939.) 



G. elliptica. Leaves elliptic, 

 wrinkled, serrate. Flowers orange- 

 scarlet, but yellow in the variety 

 lutea. (Bot. Mag. t. 4242.) 



G. exoniensis. A garden hybrid 

 with deep green velvety leaves 

 covered with reddish hairs. Flowers 

 deep orange-scarlet, with a yellow 

 throat ; very numerous. 



G. Lindleyi. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 crenulate, deep velvety green, tinted 

 with red underneath. Flowers 

 numerous, bright rose, pink-yellow at 

 the base, and spotted with red. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3602.) 



G. naegelioides. x\ beautiful garden 

 hybrid with deep green, ovate heart- 

 shaped, coarsely toothed leaves. 

 Flowers large, tubular, bright rose- 

 pink, having a yellow throat dotted 

 with red. There are many variations 

 of this hybrid, differing from each 

 other chiefly in the colour of the 

 flowers, such shades as deep violet, 

 deep red, lilac, pure white, bright 

 pink, rosy-lilac, etc., being repre- 

 sented, the blossoms in all cases 

 being variegated with yellow in the 

 throat or speckled with a distinct 

 colour. 



G. pendulina (G. Marchi). This is 

 the only species from Mexico. It 

 grows about a yard high, and has 

 ovate crenulate leaves in whorls of 

 three. Flowers numerous, scarlet, 

 cylindrical, club-shaped, drooping, 

 with bosses at the base. (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3744.) 



G. polyantha. A square-stemmed 



species having broadly ovate heart- 

 shaped leaves pointed at the apex 

 and toothed on the margins. Flowers 

 scarlet, with a yellow throat, arranged 

 in leafless panicled cymes. 



G. Sceptrum. Leaves in whorls of 

 three, heart-shaped, bluntly toothed. 

 Flowers with long tubes, white, borne 

 in elongated clusters. The variety 

 ignea has reddish-yellow flowers. 



G. tuberosa (G. rupestris). A 

 species with horizontal rhizomes 

 from the joints of which the stems 

 arise. Leaves broadly ovate heart- 

 shaped, toothed. Flowers numerous, 

 bright scarlet, covered with fine hairs 

 outside. (Sot. Mag. t. 3664.) 



GETHYLLIS (gethreon, a leek ; or 

 getheo, to rejoice ; referring to the 

 fragrance of the flowers). Nat. Ord. 

 Amaryllideae. A small genus of 

 South African crocus -like plants 

 having tunicated bulbs, and thread- 

 like, narrow, or lance-shaped leaves, 

 usually produced after the flowers 

 have withered. The short flower- 

 stem is underground (hypogaeous), 

 and the whitish, sweet-scented, fleet- 

 ing flowers have a salver-shaped 

 perianth with a long cylindrical tube. 

 Stamens six, or many in six clusters, 

 inserted in a single row at the throat 

 of the tube. 



These plants are not of great 

 garden value, and are chiefly met 

 with in botanical collections. They 

 require the protection of a green- 

 house, and appear to grow best in 

 a mixture of sandy peat and loam. 

 During the winter months the bulbs 

 are dormant and require no water. 

 The plants are all of small stature, 

 rarely exceeding 6 ins. in height, and 

 the flowers in all cases appear about 

 July and August. The following 

 kinds are met with : 



G. afra. Bulbs round, 1| to 2 ins. 

 through. Leaves linear, twisted, 



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