STEENBEEGIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



STEICKLANDU 



over Ij ins. long, appear in autumn. 

 {£ot. Reg. t. 2008.) 



S. Plscheriana. — This is a fine 

 Caucasian species, remarkable for 

 its large yellow Crocus-like flowers 

 being produced in spring instead of 

 autumn. In other respects it closely 

 resembles >S^. lutea. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 7331 ; Gartenfl. t. 576.) 



S. lutea (Amaryllis lutea). — This 

 species extends on both sides of the 

 Mediterranean to Syria and Persia, 

 and is popularly known as the 

 "Winter Daffodil" and the "Yellow 

 Star Flower." It is also supposed to 

 be the "Lily of the Field " alluded to 



Fig. 316. — Sternbergia macrantTia. (^. ) 



in the Scriptures, and has been 

 cultivated for at least three hundred 

 years in Britain. The large bright 

 yellow flowers, over 2 ins. long, appear 

 in September and October, nestling 

 amongst the leaves, which are about 

 1 ft. long and ^ in. broad. (Bot. 



Mag. t. 290; Red. Lil. t. 418; 

 Garden, 1887, i. t. 602.) 



There are several varieties, such as 

 angustifolia, with narrower leaves 

 and smaller flowers; major, with 

 broader leaves and larger flowers ; 

 grceca, with very short leaves and 

 flower-stems ; and sicula, with large 

 flowers, having narrower and more 

 pointed petals. 



S. macrantha. — A fine species from 

 the mountains of Asia Minor, having 

 grey-green leaves fully developed in 

 June, while the bright yellow flowers, 

 larger than those of S. lutea, are 

 not produced until September and 

 October (Bot. Mag. t. 7459). 



STRICKLANDIA (after Sir Chas. 

 Strickland, a keen amateur grower of 



Fig. sn.—StricUandia eucrosioides. 



bulbous and other plants, born 1819, 

 died 1909). — A genus with only one 

 species — 



S. eucrosloldes (Leperiza eucro- 

 sioides ; Stenomesson Strichlandi). — A 



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