Hymenocallis macleana
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hymenocallis macleana, Nichols. (Ismene Macleana, Herb.). Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam: lvs. a foot or more long and nearly 2 in. broad, narrowing toward the base: scape 2- edged, about the length of the lvs.; fls. 2-8, with a straight tube 2 in. or less long, and linear, erect or somewhat spreading segms. as long as the tube; cup corolla- like, ½ in. long and green-striped, fringed, the free filaments ½ in. long, strongly inflexed and angled or kneed at the cup. Peru. B.M. 3675.—One of the plants known to the Peruvians as Amancaes, the subject of festivals. This and the next are intermediate house species, flowering in spring and summer.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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