1884 



URARIA 



crowded with 200 or more pea-shaped fls. each % in. 

 loug. In the Flora of British India this plant is erro- 

 neously said to ascend the Himalayas to an altitude of 

 9,000 ft. A corrected account of this plant is found in 

 B.M. 7377, from which .source one infers that the plant 

 is not hardy. The first plants flowered in Europe 

 bloomed in September and the annual stems then died 

 down to the base. Seeds of this plant have been im- 

 ported by a northern amateur who has a winter home 

 in Florida. 



crinlta, Desv. Erect, little - branched, subshrubby 

 perennial, 3-6 ft. high, distinguished from other species 

 by having its upper Ivs. composed of 3-7 oblong Ifts. 

 and pedicels clothed with long bristles. Lfts. 4-6x1^-2 

 in.: racemes dense, 1 ft. long, 1-lK in. thick; standard 

 ovate, violet-purple within, pale blue outside: wings 

 pinkish. Bengal to Assam, eastward through Burma 

 to China, south to Malacca and the Malay Islands to 

 Timor Laut, but not Australia and not indigenous in 

 Ceylon. B.M. 7377. W. M. 





2621. Uniola latifolia (XM). (Seepage 



URCEOCHAKIS (hybrid name, suggesting that the 

 plant is a hybrid between Urceolina and Eucharis). 

 AmitrijUidcicem. The only species, Urceocharis Cli- 

 brani (see Fig. 2622) is a tender winter -blooming bul- 

 bous plant with broad Ivs. a foot long and half as wide 

 and large, white, bell-shaped, 6-lobed flowers, a dozen 

 or so in an umbel, and each 2 in. across. The plant is a 



URCEOLINA 



hybrid, introduced about 1892, between Crceolina pen- 

 dula and Eucharis grancUflora, or in gardener's lan- 

 guage Uix'i'oUna aurea and Eucharis Amazoitica. A 

 flower of the hybrid and of each of its parents is shown 

 in Fig. 2622. The hybrid gets its white color from Eu- 

 charis, the flowers of Urceolina being yellow. The 

 shape of its flower is so singular a mixture of the two 

 as to be very different in appearance from either. The 

 hybrid lacks the beautiful staminal cup of Eucharis, 

 and has a distinctly bell-shaped perianth. The showy 

 part of Urceolina is the urn-shaped portion of the flower, 

 the spreading tips being very short. The perianth of 

 Eucharis is funnelform, the spreading portion being 

 large and showy. The perianth-tube and ovary of the 

 hybrid are like those of Urceolina, the ovary being 

 deeply 3-lobed instead of globose as in Eucharis. The 

 pedicels are ascending, as in Eucharis, not pendulous 

 as in Urceolina. The appendages at the base of the 

 stamens are more distinctly marked than in either of 

 the parents. 



The parents of Urceocharis belong to the Pancratium 

 tribe, characterized by having the stamens appendaged 

 toward the base and often united into a distinct cup. 

 Twelve of the 17 genera in this tribe are from the An- 

 des and 8 of these, including Eucharis and Urceolina, 

 have broad and petioled Ivs. and the ovules are super- 

 posed. Eucharis and Urceolina have a long, slender 

 tube which is suddenly swollen above. The flowers of 

 Eucharis are white and those of Urceolina colored, but 

 the essential difference between the two genera lies in 

 the stamens, which are minutely appendaged in Urceo- 

 lina, while in Eucharis they are tjuadrate and sometimes 

 united to make a cup. 



This bigeneric hybrid was introduced to the trade 

 under the name of Eucharis Clibrani, but the changes 

 wrought in the structure of the flower by the cross are 

 so great that Dr. Masters was justified in giving the 

 plant a new genus. 



Clibrani, Mast. (Eucharis Cllbravi, Hort.). Tender 

 bulbous hybrid of Urceolina pendula and Eucharis 

 grandiflora, with petioled Ivs. 1x1!^ ft. and umbels of 

 white bell-shaped 6-lobed fls. each 2 in. across and a 

 dozen in an umbel. Anthers depauperate. Blooms in 

 early winter. For 'culture, see Urceolina. G.C. III. 

 12:215; 26:251. Gn. 44, p. 459. G.M. 35:790.-Int. 

 about 1892 by Messrs. Clibran, Oldfleld Nurseries, Al- 

 trincham, England. w. M. 



UBCEOLlNA (hsitm, pitcher; alluding to the pitcher- 

 or urn-shaped flowers) . Amarylliddceo'. A genus of 3 

 species of South American bulbous herbs, with thin ob- 

 long to long-lanceolate, petioled leaves and a naked 

 scape bearing an umbel of pendulous red or yellow 

 flowers. Perianth-tube often narrow and often some- 

 what stem-like at the base, suddenly dilated; stamens 

 inserted at or below the throat of the tube, indistinctly 

 appendiculate at the base. 



The species of Urceolina are attractive plants and 

 easily grown, flowering every year, but for some reason 

 they are rather scarce. The bulbs are about 3 in. across 

 and during the growing season have 1 or 2 Ivs. The 

 plants flower in December. After flowering the bulbs 

 may be removed from the stove to the intermediate 

 house and placed in a spot where they will be kept dry. 

 Just before growth begins in the spring the bulbs 

 should be taken out of the pots and the exhausted soil 

 removed. The bulbs may then be replaced, one bulb in 

 a 5-in. pot, using clean pots, plenty of drainage material 

 and a rich, light, porous soil. Place the top of the bulb 

 level with the soil. Remove the pots to the stove, and 

 as soon as growth begins water freely. In the fall when 

 the Ivs. turn yellow, water sparingly and finally with- 

 hold water altogether. The fiower scapes appear a few 

 weeks after the Ivs. disappear. 



A. Fls. red. 

 miniita, Benth. & Hook. (Pentldndia mini&ta, Herb.). 

 Bulb about 1% in. through: Ivs. produced after the fls., 

 short-petioled, about 1 ft. long, 1% in. wide, narrowed 

 at both ends: sc.ipe over 1 ft. long: fls. 2-6, bright 

 scarlet. Andes of Peru and Bolivia. B.R. 25:68. R.B. 

 23:49. -Offered by Dutch bulb-growers. 



