CYETANTHUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



CYRTANTHUS 



shaped leaves Ij to 2 ft. long, 

 arranged in two rows, and produced 

 after the flowers. From ten to twelve 

 bright red drooping flowers with a 

 yellowish base, and 2 to 3 ins. long, 

 are borne on a stoutish scape 1 to 2 

 ft. high, during May and June. {And. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 265 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1133; 

 Red. Lit. t. 381.) 



Fio. l]B.~Cy7tanthusohUquus. (J.) 



O. O'Brienl. — A species inter- 

 mediate between C. angitstifoUus 

 and C. Macowani. The linear 

 leaves appear with the flowers, which 

 are bright scarlet in colour, Ij ins. 

 long, about eight being borne in an 

 umbel. (Gard. Chron. 1894, xv. 

 716.) 



C. odorus. — ^A fine species with 

 ovoid bulbs Ij to 2 ins. in diameter, 

 two to three linear leaves about 1 

 ft. long, and somewhat cylindrical, 

 bright red, scented flowers, 2 ins. 

 long, in July and August {Bot. Reg. 

 t. 503). 



C. pallidus. -^ Bulb ij ins. in 

 diameter, with four to five linear 



leaves, purplish scapes about 6 ins. 

 high, and pale red, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped flowers about ij ins. long. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 2471.) 



C. sangiUiieus {Gastronema san- 

 guineum). — A very distinct and 

 attractive species, with ovoid bulbs 

 2 ins. in diameter, bearing three to 

 four bright green lance-shaped leaves 

 about 1 ft. long, and remarkable for 

 having stalks. The slender scape is 

 6 to 9 ins. high, and carries one to 

 three bright red flowers 3 to 4|- ins. 

 long, somewhat cylindrical in shape 

 in the lower half and openly funnel- 

 shaped in the upper. {Bot. Mag. t. 

 5218.) The variety glaiccophyllus has 

 grey - green leaves and orange - red 

 flowers. 



C. spiralis. — ^A distinct species with 

 ovoid bulbs 1^ ins. in diameter, two 



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Fio. IH.— Cyrtanthua spiTalis (J.) 



to three linear blue-green leaves 6 to 

 9 ins. long, and spirally twisted. The 

 blue-green slender scape, about 1 ft. 

 long, carries from four to six bright 



