ZEPHTRANTHES 



key. The perianth-segmeuts are sometimes keeled with 

 rose, but in both species the lis. turn pinkish with age. 

 It is a Florida species, found in damper localities and 

 blooming several weeks later than Z. Atamasco. V. 

 6:299. On. 33, p. 11. 



3. erub^Bcens, Wats. (Amaryllis eruMscens, Hors- 

 ford). Rare white-fld., August-blooming species sup- 

 posed to be native to sandy plains of Texas, but per- 

 haps from northern Mexico. Distinguished from the 

 two preceding species hy the larger, 

 longer-necked bulb, slicrtcr i>'''i"iitl> 



and fls. strongly tinu'i'l "itli ruse 

 outside. Bulb over 1 in. thick; iit-i'k 

 as long: spathe liitid iilidvc; tulie 

 equaling and closely embracing tlie 

 pedicel (about 1 in. long). — Int. by 

 Horsford 1889 and probably lost to 

 cultivation. 



4. verecunda, Herb. Rare spring- 

 and summer-blooming species, dis- 

 tinguished from other white-fld. spe- 

 cies in cult, by the sessile ovary and 

 long-necked bulb. Bulb I in. or less 

 thick; neck 1-2 in. long: fls. lM-2 

 in. long, greenish white, more or 

 less tinged outside or keeled with 

 rose. Highlands of central Mex. B. 

 M. 2583. — Offered by Dutch dealers. 



5. Candida, Herb. Fig. 2790. Most 

 popular of white-fld. Zephyr Lilies, 

 being distinguished from the others 

 by its autumn-blooming habit and 

 capitate stigma. Lvs. appearing in 

 autumn with the fls. and lasting 

 through the winter in favored locali- 

 ties, over 1 ft. long: fls. pure white 

 or slightly tinged rose outside, 1}^- 

 2 in. long. Marshes of La Plata. 

 Gn. 37:740. B. M. 2607. L. B. C. 

 15:1419. 



6. carinita. Herb. {Z. grand ifldm, 

 Lindl.). Largest and choicest of 

 the rosy-fid. species and said by 

 Baker (1888) to be the commonest 

 Zephvranthes in cultivation ; how- 

 ever, the name Z. roxea is far com- 

 moner in American catalogues. It is 

 a summer-blooming species with fls. 

 2%-^% in. across, and about 3 in. 

 long. Bulb 1 in. thick, short-necked: 

 ovary stalked : stigma trifid. ,1a- 

 maica, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala. 

 B.R. 11:902. Gn. 33:030 (erroneouslv 

 &sZ. Atamasco). I. H. 35:49. J.H. 

 III. 29:339. 



7. LindleyHna, Herb. Rare sum- 

 mer-blooming rose-colored species 

 from the mountains of Mexico, in- 

 ferior to Z. carinata for general cul- 

 ture. Bulb globose, '% in. chick ; 



neck short: fls. lii-2 in. long: ovarv stalked; stigma 3- 

 fid; spathe 3-fld only at tip. -Once offered by Lovett, 

 of Little Silver, N. J. 



8. rdsea, Lindl. Autumn-blooming rosy-fld. species, 

 witli iiiii.-h siiiullcr Hs. than Z. ,;i ri iinhi but, accord- 

 in:,' I.. Anici-i,.,,,, calal,.-u.-s, tlic incst |...|.uL,r n.sv-Hd. 



s i.-s. Tlif tls. ;,iv „nlv al...nt an i.i.'h lonu'and lY^ 



in. bn.a.l: bull. -I.,l„,sc. '., in. tlii.'k: n,-,-k s,.aiv,.|v anv: 

 sputh.. - li.l at ti]> HTilv: uvarv stalked: stigma 3-fld. 

 Oct. t'ul.... B.M. J.- 

 platel.-Tia.U- |.laiii 

 with Z. ■■iiriiia/a. 



9. longifdlia, Hcntsley. Summer-hlonming, yelln 

 species. Distinguished from the next by chai-acf 

 pedicel and spathe. Bulb ovoid; neck I'. .-J in. 

 spathe tubular in the lower half: |ie,iicei nni.'h s! 

 than spathe: fls. yellow, coppery niitside. ' ,-1 in. 

 New Mex. Int. by Horsford, 1889, and probablv I 

 cult. 



10. TexAna, Herb. Yellow-fld. Texan species, 

 globose; neck 1-VA in. long: spathe bifid only 



ZINGIBER 2009 



tip: pedicel much longer than the spathe: fls. yellow, 

 coppery outside. 1 in. long, 1% in. across. B.M. 3596 

 (Sabranthiis Audersoni, var. Texanus). 



11. Andersoni, Baker. Yellow-fld. S. American spe- 

 cies of uncertain blooming time. The fls. are usually 

 flushed and veined with red outside and there is a var. 

 with copper-colored fls., inside and out. Bulb ovoid, 

 short-necked: fls. 1-lVa in. long, 2 in. across. Monte- 

 video, Buenos Ayres. L.B.C. 17:1677 and B.R. 16:1345 



2790, Zephyranthes candii 



They ( 



(both KsHahnnillnis A„ 

 representati\-e in culti\-; 

 characterized by sti l:1 



Z. dlba, flnrihnmla aa,l 

 ferred to some of tlie above species. 



ZEPHYK FLOWEK, Zephyranthes. 



ZINGIBER inanie nllimately .lerived fron 



Ginger ro..ti? .s-,,„, 

 plant is a .--iiKill lie, 

 cultivated in L'lecnli 

 aromatic leaver ami .] 

 The flowers, h.iw.v.r, 

 tivation, ami KonImii: 

 seeds. The ),|;,ni i- 

 and rbina, but, like 



referring to the 

 iR. The Ginger 

 nt 2 ft. high, as 



the 



