Hippeastrum 



( 419 ) 



Hippocrepis 



Principal Species : 

 lougirlora, 2', Aug., bl. 



(</. Roudeletia loiigi- 

 flora). 



alba, 2', My., Jc., \vh. 

 violucea, 3', My.,vio., bl., 

 the best. 



HIPPEASTRUM (see also AMARYLLIS). 



Description. A large genus o sfcrong-growing, 

 bulbous plants (urd. Ainaryllidrjri),' vvitli showv 

 flowers borne on stout, erect spikes. The leaves 

 are usually long, strap-shaped, and deciduous, but 

 there are a i'ew exceptions. The various species 

 are chiefly natives of South America and the 

 West Indies, and several of them, notably equestre, 

 Leopold]!, and vittiitum, have, in the hands of the 

 bybridiser, been the means of producing the 

 beautiful race of garden plants known popularly as 

 Amaryllises (see p. 37). Reticulaturn and its hybrids 

 grow best in a stove the whole season through; 



regium and Amaryllis 



Kegime). 

 reticulatum, 1J', spr., ro. 



EC., veined sc. (si/ttx. 



Amaryllis reticulata, 



Coburgia reticulata.aml 



Leopoldia reticulata). 

 rutilum, 1J', ppr., crim., 



grn. (syu. bulbulosum); 



Other Species and Hybrid : 



advenum, 1', win., or., red bifidum, 1}', Mch., red 

 (syns. Amaryllis advena, 

 Habranthus hesperius, 

 H. miuiatus, and 

 Eustephia macleanica). 



oitrinum, ei ocatum.and 



f ulgidum are haudsouas 



vart. 

 soliiiidnEnorum, 2', Jan., 



Mch., \vh., gru., ro. 

 vittatum, 21', Apr., crim., 



red, wh. (xyu. Amaryl- 



lis vittata). 



andreanum of Km- lland- 

 List (see Amaryllis 

 Belladonna aud Bella- 

 donna Lily). 



(syns. angustum aud 



Habranthus bifidus). 

 brachyaudrum, ].!', sum. 



pk. 



bulbulosum (see rutilum). 

 calyptratum, H', sum., 



red, grn., yel. (sy,,. 



Amaryllis calyptrata). 



IllPl'EASTltU.M AULICl'M STUIATUM. 



