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THE BULB BOOK 



UEGINEA 



U. latifoUa (L^eriza latifolia). — 

 This species has leaves about 9 ins. 

 long, and 4 to 5 ins. broad without 

 the stalks, and six to eight bright 

 yellow flowers tipped with green 

 during the summer months {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4592). 



U. minlata {Pentlandia miniata). — 

 The leaves about 1 ft. long, and 1 to 

 1^ ins. broad, are produced after the 

 flowers. These are bright scarlet, 

 not tipped with green, two to six 

 drooping from a scape 1 to 1^ ft. 

 high. {Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 68.) 



U. pendula {U. aurea ), the 

 Drooping Urn Flower. — This is the 

 best-known species. It has oblong 

 pointed leaves a foot or more long 



Fig. 335. — VTceolinapt%dAi>la. (|.) 



and 4 or 5 ins. broad, and bright 

 yellow flowers tipped with green, 

 drooping from a scape a foot or more 

 high (Bot. Mag. t. 5464). The 

 variety frdva has shorter leaves, 

 more rounded at the base, and much 

 smaller flowers than the type. 



URGINBA (from Ben Urgin, the 

 name of an Arab tribe). Nat. Ord. 

 Liliacese. — A genus containing about 

 twenty-five species of bulbous plants, 

 having strap-shaped or narrow leaves, 

 and starry or bell-shaped six-parted 

 flowers borne in erect trusses. 



The species mentioned below are 

 aU natives of S. Africa, except when 

 otherwise stated, and although not 

 strictly hardy, may be grown during 

 the summer months in the open air 

 in the milder parts of the country. 

 They are, however, chiefly grown in 

 pots in greenhouses, and are only of 

 botanical or economic interest. A 

 sandy loam suits them, and stock is 

 increased by offsets. 



TJ. altlsslma {Drimia altissima). — 

 A species having roundish bulbs 4 to 6 

 ins. through, broadly lance - shaped 

 leaves 12 to 18 ins. long, and whitish 

 flowers, keeled with purple in dense 

 trusses on stems 2 to 3 ft. high {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1074). 



TT. exuviata. — A plant with bulbs 

 about 1 to 2 ins. through, roundish 

 flexuose leaves, 1 to 2 ins. long, and 

 trusses of whitish flowers veined with 

 purple {Bot. Mag. t. 871). 



U. filifolla {Albuca Jilifolia).— This 

 species has bulbs about 1 in. in 

 diameter, thread-like wavy leaves, 

 and whitish flowers' keeled with 

 purple on slender stems 6 to 12 

 ins. high {Bot. Beg. t. 557). 



U. maritima {U. Scilla), Sea OnioN 

 Squill. — ^A native of the Mediter- 

 ranean region, having large ovoid 

 bulbs 4 to 6 ins. in diameter, and 

 grey -green lance-shaped fleshy leaves. 

 Flowers whitish keeled with greenish- 

 purple, borne in dense trusses a foot 

 long, on reddish stems 3 to 5 ft. high. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 918 ; Red. Lil. t. 116.) 



The bulbs of this species supply 

 the Squills of commerce. They 

 contain a very acrid juice which wiU 

 blister the fingers, whilst the vapour 



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