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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Eurycles in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Eurycles (Greek-made name, of no particular application). Amaryllidaceae. Two south hemisphere tunicated - bulbous plants, allied to Hymenocallis and Pancratium. Fls. white or white or whitish, umbellate on peduncles 12-18 in. long; perianth - tube cylindrical, the segms.oblong-lanceolate, ascending and nearly equal; stamens inserted in the throat of the tube: Lvs. broad and stalked, with prominent curving veins and interlocking veinlets. E. sylvestris, Salisb. (E. amboinensis, Loud.). Brisbane Lilt. Scapes 1-2 ft., bearing an umbel of 10-40 handsome, creamy white fls. (2 in. across): Lvs. round-cordate, with a very short, blunt point; blooms in May and June in Eu., the Lvs. appearing later. B.M. 1419 (as Pancratium amboinense). B.R. 715 (as Pancratium australasicum). R.H. 1879, p. 456 and p. 457 (as E. australasica); 1913, p. 111. G.W. 11, p. 583. G.Z. 24, p. 25. Malaya, Philippines, N. Austral.—Cult. apparently as for pancratiums. L. H. B. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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