482 Amaryllidea Lye or is. 



3. LYCOBIS. 



Is now regarded as a section of Amaryllis with the undulated 

 segments of the perianth curved upwards and the stigma 

 fringed. There are several species, natives of China. L. aurea 

 is a very pretty plant flowering in Autumn before the leaves 

 appear. The flowers are of a golden yellow. 



4. 



A genus of dwarf bulbous plants mostly flowering in Autumn, 



before or with the 

 growth of the leaves. 

 Scape one - flowered. 

 Perianth funnel- 

 shaped. with a regular 

 6-parted limb. Sta- 

 mens inserted at the 

 summit of the tube. 

 Named after Count 

 Sternberg, a German 

 botanist. 



1. S. luted (fig. 

 234), syn. Amaryllis 

 I idea. This is a valu- 

 able little plant for 

 Autumn decoration. 

 It is very hardy, and 

 this, coupled with its 

 bright yellow flowers, 

 is sufficient recom- 

 mendation for a late- 

 flowering plant. The 

 flowers appear with the 

 leaves in September 

 and October. South- 

 west of Europe. 



S. colchiciflora, a na- 

 tive of Hungary, has a 

 shorter scape, and the 

 flowers are produced 



Fig. 234. Sternbergia luten. ( nat. size.) , P . , , 



before the leaves. 

 Crlnum Capense, syn. C. longifolium, is a fine hardy South 



