LYCOPODira 



Obscurum, Linn. {L. ilenilroideum, Michx. i. Ja- 

 pdnicHin, Thunb. ). Stems fr-12 in. high, much-branched: 

 Ivs. loose, erect: spikes erect, 14-VA in. long. Tem- 

 perate N. Amer. to Japan.— The common Ground Pine. 



LYCORIS 



959 



iUng, 



ilh erect 



CCC. Stems [main ones) wide-tr 

 branches. 



annStinum, Linn. Stems trailing, often several feet 

 long, with numerous ascending branches C-S 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 I-i on an 



elongated peduncle. Arctic and north temperate regions 



of both hemispheres.— The common Club-Moss. 



AA. Lvs. 4-ranl-ed, on fan-like branches. 



complanitum, Linn. Pig. 1340. Stems trailing on the 

 surface of the ground: branches spreading out in a 

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

 duced to slender, spreading, cuspidate apices: first and 

 second forks of peduncles approximate. Northern hemi- 

 sphere.--i>. Chamcecyparissus, R. Br., is an allied spe- 

 cies, with stems growing underground. 



L. M. Underwood. 

 LTCOBIS (named after a nereid in Greek mythology) . 

 AmarylUd&cem. A genus of 5 species of remarkable 

 bulbs from Chma 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 as., 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. appear with- 

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

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bels of 4-12 fls. each 3-1 in. across. The white filaments 

 and yellow anthers are conspicuous features. The leaves 

 make their growth, die down, and after a long 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. Lijcoris aitrea 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 earlyiChinese 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 Amaryllideee, 1888. 



A. Blooming in July and Aiiiiust. 

 B. Fls. dull red. 

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

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

 perianth segments. Japan. — The only species with seg- 

 ments neither wavy nor reflesed. 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. 

 BE. Fls. rosy lilac. 

 squamigera, Maxim. {Amaryllis Sdllii, Hort., at 

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

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

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

 only fragrant kind. V'ar. purpiirea, Hort., introduced 

 about 1898. This species is hardy in New England. 

 AA. Blooming from 

 Sept.-^'ov. 

 B. Fls. orange-colored. 

 atirea. Herb. {NerXne 

 aiirea. Bury). Golden 

 Spider Lilt. Bulb 2 in. 

 in diara.: lvs. sword- 

 shaped, 6-9 lines wide, 

 glaucous, produced in 



1340. Lycopod 



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

 aurea). G.C. III. 17:263 and 18:545. Gn. 47:997. 

 says it blooms in Aug. and has bright yellow 

 all the colored plates show orange-colored fls. 



