HYMENOCALLIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



HYMENOCALLIS 



greenish with white lance-shaped seg- 

 ments, and funnel-shaped cup striped 

 with green. (Lot. Reg. t. 215 ; Bot. 

 May. t. 2685; Red. Lil. t. 353.) 

 In the variety <jrand{ flora the corona 

 is larger than in the type. Cool 

 greenhouse or half-hardy. 



FIG. 196A.Hymenocallis calathina. ($.) 



H. caribaea (Pancratium caribanim ; 

 P. decliiuitum ; P. amcenum ; P. 

 a*ffustum).A West Indian species 

 with bulbs 3 to 4 ins. through, and 

 leaves 2 to 3 ft. long and 3 to 4 ins. 

 broad. Flowers pure white, six to 

 twelve in an umbel, with linear seg- 

 ments 3 to 3| ins. long, and a regular 

 funnel-shaped cup. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 826; Red. Lil. t. 414; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 558; Bot. Reg. t. 221.) 

 The variety patens has a larger tube 

 and longer segments. 



Mr Baker considers //. caymanensis 

 to be "doubtfully distinct specifically 

 from //. cariboea" but it has a much 

 longer perianth-tube. 



H. concinna, from Mexico, re- 

 sembles //. caribcea. It has strap- 

 shaped lanceolate leaves over 1 ft. 

 long, deeply channelled down the 

 face. The slender scape, 9 to 12 ins. 

 high, bears a couple of pure white 

 flowers in June, the petals being 2 to 

 3 ins. long and J in. broad, with a 

 shallow cup-shaped corona in the 

 centre. (Gard. Chron. 1893, xiv. 150.) 



H. cordifolia. A species from 

 Venezuela, remarkable for its broad 



Eucharis - like leaves 2i ft. long. 

 Flowers white, about twenty in an 

 umbel, each with a tube 4 ins. or 

 more long. (Rev. Hort. 1899, 445, 

 f. 191.) 



H. crassifolia, from the S. United 

 States, also comes very near H. 

 caribcea, but has a greenish peri- 

 anth-tube and somewhat shorter 

 segments (Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 

 331). 



H. eucharidifolia. A Tropical 

 American species with ovoid bulbs 

 2 to 3 ins. through, oblong acute 

 leaves about 1 ft. long and 3 to 4 

 ins. broad, and large green-tubed 

 flowers with narrow segments 3 

 to 3j ins. long and a narrow 

 funnel-shaped cup in the centre. 



H. expansa (Pancratium expan- 

 suni). A native of the West Indies, 

 intermediate between //. caribcea and 

 H. littoralis. The leaves are longer 

 and narrower, and the perianth-tube 

 more slender than in H. cariboea. 

 (Bot. Mag. 1. 1941.) 



H. giauca. A Mexican species 

 with oblong, acute, blue-green leaves 

 1 i ft. long, 3 to 4 ins. broad, narrowed 

 to a short deeply channelled petiole. 

 Flowers with a greenish perianth- 

 tube 2 to 3 ins. long, and a spreading 

 cup about 1 in. deep. 



H. Harrisiana. A Mexican species 

 with oblanceolate leaves about 1 ft. 

 long and 2 ins. broad above the 

 middle. Flowers in May, with peri- 

 anth-tube 3 to 4 ins. long, and narrow 

 segments 2|- to 3 ins. long, with a 

 narrow plaited cup in the centre. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 6562.) 



H. lacera (//. rotata ; Pancratium 

 rotatum). A native of S. United 

 States, with ovoid bulbs, 1^ to 2 ins. 

 through, having a long neck, and pro- 

 duces numerous stolons. Leaves 1 2 to 

 18 ins. long, about 1 in.broad. Flowers 

 with greenish perianth-tube 3 to 4 

 ins. long, and linear segments same 



285 



