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132708. Hippeastkum reticulatum var. STRiATiFOLiuM (Herbert) Baker. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



A variety with leaves broader than those of the type and with white keels. 



132709. Hippeastkum rutilum (Edwards) Herbert. 



A hippeastrum with small bulbs, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and bright-green 

 leaves 1 foot long and over 1 inch wide ; the glaucous scape, as long as the 

 leaves, is somewhat compressed and bears 2 to 4 red flowers. Native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 93160. 



132710 to 132719. Hymenocallis spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



132710. Hymenocallis littoralis Salisb. Spiderlily. 



132711. Hymenocallis macrostephana Baker. 



A hymenocallis with 8 or 9 oblanceolate, loosely arcuate leaves 2 to 3 

 feet long appearing with the much shorter scape which bears an umbel of 

 6 to 10 fragrant, pure-white flowers. The perianth tube is 3 inches long, 

 green in the lower part. The linear-rotate segments are more than 3 inches 

 long, and the funnel-shaped crown is about 2 inches long and the same 

 diameter as the irregularly toothed throat. Closely allied to Hymenocallis 

 speciosa and possibly a hybrid of that species with H. calathina. 



132712. Hymenocallis rotata (Ker) Herbert. 



132713. Hymenocallis senegambica Kunth and Bouche. 



A hymenocallis with sword-shaped, arcuate leaves about 2 feet long and 

 an umbel of 6 to 8 white flowers. The perianth tube is slender, 5 to 6 inches 

 long, the narrow linear segments are about 4 inches long, and the funnel- 

 shaped cup is 1 inch long. An African plant, perhaps introduced from 

 America. 



132714. Hymenocallis speciosa (L. f.) Salisb. 



A species with dark-green leathery, petiolate, oblanceolate leaves iy 2 to 

 2 feet long and an umbel of 7 to 15 attractive, fragrant white flowers. The 

 perianth tube is greenish, up to 3 inches long, and the segments are nearly 

 as long. Native to the West Indies. 



132715. Hymenocallis calathina (Ker) Nichols. LilybaskeL 



A species native to Peru and Bolivia, with 6 to 8 strap-shaped leaves less 

 than 2 feet long and a 2-edged scape about 2 feet high, bearing a sessile umbel 

 of 2 to 5 flowers. The perianth tube, 2 to 4 inches long, is green and en- 

 larged above; the lanceolate segments, as long as the tube, are white, and 

 the corollalike cup is green striped, with rounded fringed lobes. 



For previous introduction see 127063. 



132716 and 132717. Hymenocallis. 



A hybrid of Hymenocallis calathina and H. longipetala, with pure white 

 flowers. Introduced under the name "festalis," for which a place of pub- 

 lication has not been found. 



132716. Typical form. 



132717. Triumph. A form with very large white flowers. 



132718. Hymenocallis harrisiana Herbert. 



A species, native to Mexico, with 3 to 6 narrowly obovate leaves 1 foot long, 

 a slender glaucous scape shorter than the leaves, and a sessile umbel of 2 

 to 3 fragrant white flowers. The tube is 3 to 4 inches long, the linear seg- 

 ments are about 3 inches long, and the funnel-shaped cup is plicated and 

 toothed. 



For previous introduction see 93164. 



132719. Hymenocallis. 

 Var. Olympic. 



