1034 



LYCORIS 



LYONIA 



AA. Blooming from Sept. to Nov, 



B. Fls. orangc-colorcd. 



ailrea, Herb. {Amari'/tlis aiirca, L'Her. Nerinc 

 aiirtxi. Bun'). Goldfn Spidkr Lily. Bulb '2 in. <liaiii.: 

 h-s. swonl-shaiHHl, ti-!t lnu'.< witlc. glaucous, proiliui-il in 

 May. China. B.M.409. B.R. Oil. G.C. 111. 17:203; 



2237. Lycoris sqiiamigera. ( X 'A> 



18:.>45; 47:12, 13. Gn. 47:42.— Baker .says it. blooms 

 in Aug. and ha-s bright yellow fls., but the colored 

 plates show orange-colored fls. 



stranunea, Lindl., allie<l to L. aurea, and probably not 

 in commerce: segms. pale straw-color with pink keel 

 and a few scattered red dots: tube very short. China. 



BB. Fls. bright red (a white form). 

 radi^ta, Herb. {Amaryllis radiata, L'Her. Ncr'ine 

 jap6rtica, Miq.). Bulb globo.se, IJ2 i"- diam.; neck 

 short: Ivs. 5-6, produced in winter, linear: stamens 

 much longer than the perianth-segms. China and 

 Japan. B.R. .596. A.G. i:i:211.— The perianth-.segms. 

 are more recurved than in other species. The tube is 

 very .short, wliile in all the other kinds here described 

 it Ls J^in. or more long. Var. piimila, Hort., is much 

 dwarfer than the usual fonns. Var, alba, Hort. Pure 

 white shaded cream. S. Japan. 



Recent names in horticultural literature are: L. incarnata (Spren- 

 ger. NapUwK Scape 1-1 5i ft., bearing *>-12 fls., which are larpe and 

 widely expandwl, pale flesh-colored or bright rose and fragrant; 

 segms. scarcely undulate, not much reflexed. Cent. China. G.W. 

 10:48t*. — L. Sprlnfjeri, Comes, Fls, rose-pink or purplish rose, on 

 long pwiicels, without perianth-tube; spathe-valvos short, ovate. 

 Probably .Japan. G.C. Ill, .■)2:»uppl. Dec, 27, G,W. 10:.489. ,\1- 

 Hed to L. s/juaiiiigera, but with shorter less pointed spathe-valves; 

 perianth-tube i-iin. long. WiLIIELM MiLLEK. 



L. H, B,t 



LYGfeUM (Greek, lngo(dn, to bend). Gramxnex. 

 Spikelets 1-fld., 1 \^2 in. long, with a hard, curved beak, 

 2-3 together at the summit of the culms, partially in- 

 closf^d in a foliaccous sheath: sts. slender, wiry, 2-3 ft., 

 from a hard scaly running rootstock: blades involute, 

 flexuous, — Species 1, L. Spartum, Linn., of arid parts of 

 the Medit. region. This species, together with Slipa 



(f(mr(.<.s'i»i(i (which see), forms the "Esparto" of com- 

 merce, which comes mostly from Spain and Algeri;i. 



A. S. HlTciirocK. 

 LYGODIUM (Greek, lirifiiiig). Sclnz:mcc;r. Climb- 

 iMi I''e!!ns, \ group of ferns with twining vine-like Ivs., 

 with the sporangia borne singly under overhiijping 

 scales on the inider surface of reduced portions of the 

 If. — Some 30 species are known from all parts of the 

 world. They make an esix'cially attractive growth, and 

 do well wlien allowed to twine on wires or strings in a 

 large con.servatory. For cull, see Ferns, p. 1215. 



A. Sterile jdnnules palmate. (Native hardy species.) 

 palmatum, Swartz. H,\rtfoiid Feun, Lvs. 2 ft. or 

 more high, twining, bearing p;urs of cordate-palmate 

 pinnules l'2-2 in. long, on short petioles; fertile pin- 

 nules 3-4-i)innatitid, with the ultimate divisions linear. 

 Miuss. to Fla. and Tenn. — Requires light moist .soil and 

 partial shade. 



,\.\. Sterile pinnules pinnate. (Exotic glasshouse 

 species.) 



scandens, Swartz. Lvs. many feet long; pinnules 4-8 

 in, long, 2-4 in, broad, with a terminal segm, and 4 or 5 

 on each side, which are simple and usually ovate, India 

 and China. — Most of the American material cult, under 

 this name belongs to the next species. 



japonicum, Swartz, Fig. 2238. Lvs. many feet long; 

 pinnules 4-S in. long, nearly ;i,s wide, deltoid, with a 

 liinnatifid terminal segm. and 2 or 3 lateral ones on 

 each side, all unequal and the lowest long-stalked and 

 pinnate in the lower part. Japan and the E. Indies. 

 — The common species in cult. 



AAA. Sterile pinmdes forked. 

 circinatum, Swartz (L. dichdtomum, Swartz). Pin- 

 nules practically sessile, once forked, the divisions 

 deeply 5-6-lobed, or sometimes forked twice; the sterile 

 segms. 4-12 in, long, 3'2-/4'n, broad, the fertile segms. 

 very much contracted. Malaysia. 



L. M. Underwood. 



LYONIA (after John Lyon, who introduced many 

 American plants into England; died before 1818, in 

 .\sheville, N. C). Syn., Xolisma. Ericacese. Ornamen- 

 tal shrubs, sometimes grown for their white flowers 

 and dense foliage. 



2238, Lygcdium japonicum. (X^ 



