LYCOPODIUM 



LYCORIS 



959 



obscurum, Linn. (L. dendroideum, Michx. L. Ja- 

 dnicnm, Thunb.). Stems 6-12 in. high, much-branched : 



s. loose, erect : spikes erect, %-!% in. long. Tem- 

 lerate N. Amer. to Japan. The common Ground Pine. 



1338. Lycopersicum esculentum beneath ; L. pimpi- 

 nellifolium at top ; hybrid between. 



ccc. Stems (main ones) wide-trailing, with erect 

 branches. 



ann6tinum, Linn. Stems trailing, often several feet 

 long, with numerous ascending branches 6-8 in. high, 

 which bear sessile, solitary spikes. Arctic and north 

 temperate zones of both hemispheres. 



clavatum, Linn. Main stem trailing to the length of 

 several feet, usually much branched: spikes 1-4 on an 

 elongated peduncle. Arctic and north temperate regions 

 of both hemispheres. The common Club-Moss. 



AA. Lvs. 4-ranked, on fan-like branches. 

 complanatum, Linn. Fig. 1340. Stems trailing on the 

 surface of the ground: branches spreading out in a 

 horizontal plane: Ivs. of the under side of stems re- 

 duced to slender, spreading, cuspidate apices: first and 

 second forks of peduncles approximate. Norfliern hemi- 

 sphere.^. Chamcecyparissus, R. Br., is an allied spe- 

 cies, with stems growing underground. 



L. M. UNDERWOOD. 



LYCORIS (named after anereid in Greek mythology). 

 Amaryllidacece. A genus of 5 species of remarkable 

 bulbs from China and Japan, with large, 6-parted flow- 

 ers. Four species are in cultivation, two of which are 

 hardy in New England. Two bloom in summer and two 

 in early autumn. Two have red fls., one has lilac or 

 purple fls., one yellow or orange. Three have the peri- 

 anth segments more or less recurved and fluted or 

 crisped at the margin. In all cases the fls. appeai with- 

 out foliage, being borne on a scape 1-3 ft. long, in um- 



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bels of 4-12 fls. each 3-4 in. across. The white filaments 

 and yellow anthers are conspicuous features. The leaves 

 make their growth, die down, and after along rest the 

 bulbs send up flower-stalks alone. These plants are 

 highly esteemed in China and Japan, and bulbs are con- 

 stantly being sent to the western world, but with us 

 they seem to be wayward and uncertain, particularly as 

 to the time of blooming. Lycoris aurea reverses the 

 custom of nature. It rests in the wet season and flowers 

 in the dry season. How the bulbs can remain dormant 

 during the early Chinese summer, with the thermometer 

 at 85 in the shade and a yearly rainfall of 100 inches, is 

 a mystery. Botanically this genus is placed next to 

 Hippeastrum, an American genus, in which the seeds are 

 numerous in a locule, and usually flat, while in Lycoris 

 they are few in a locule and turgid. Horticulturally Lyco- 

 ris is most nearly comparable to Nerine, but the seeds 

 of the former are black and of the latter green. Baker, 

 Handbook of the Amaryllideae, 1888. 



A. Blooming in July and August. 



B. Fls. dull red. 



sanguinea, Maxim. Bulb ovoid, 1 in. indiam.; neck 

 1-2 in. long: Ivs. linear: stamens shorter than the 

 perianth segments. Japan. The only species with seg- 

 ments neither wavy nor reflexed. Baker says the fls. are 

 bright red. The Yokohoma Nursery Co. is probably 

 mistaken in giving the blooming period as May and 

 June. They also advertise var. alba. J. N. Gerard says 

 the Ivs. of this and the next appear in March; also that 

 the fls. of L. sanguinea are dull brownish red. 



BB. Fls. rosy lilac. 



squamigera, Maxim. (Amaryllis Hdllii, Hort., at 

 least in part). Fig. 1341. Bulb globose: Ivs. produced 

 in spring, 9-12 lines wide: fls. rosy lilac, banded yellow. 

 Japan. B.M. 7547. G.C. III. 21:137. G.F. 3:177. -The 

 only fragrant kind. Var. purpurea, Hort., introduced 

 about 1898. This species is hardy in New England. 



AA. Blooming from 



Sept. -Nov. 

 B. Fls. orange-colored. 



aurea, Herb. (Nerine 

 aiirea, Bury). GOLDEN 

 SPIDER LILY. Bulb 2 in. 

 in diam. : Ivs. sword- 

 shaped, 6-9 lines wide, 

 glaucous, produced in 



1339. Lycopodium 



lucidulum. 



Common in cool 

 woods. Sporangia 

 in the axils of foli- 

 age leaves. 



1340. Lycopodium compla- 

 natum. 



Denizen of dry banks. Spor- 

 angia in spikes. 



May. China. B.M. 409 and B.R. 8:611 (as Amaryllis 

 aurea}. GC.III. 17:263 and 18:545. Gn. 47:997. -Baker 

 says it blooms in Aug. and has bright yellow fls., but 

 all the colored plates show orange-colored fls. 



