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Scape or peduncle, 2-4 ft. high, from a tunicated bulb: lvs. long and large, more or less fleshy, all from the crown: fls. white or tinged green, large, in an open raceme; perianth-tube short, oblong or club-shaped; stamens 6, with linear-oblong versatile anthers: fr. an oblong 3- valved caps., containing many angled black seeds.—The genus differs from Hyacinthus mainly by its more numerous and flattened crowded seeds. The other 2 species are inferior to the following, which was intro. by Leichtlin in the early seventies of last century, and now holds a permanent place in horticulture. The plants prefer a rich, open, moist soil.
Scape or peduncle, 2-4 ft. high, from a tunicated bulb: lvs. long and large, more or less fleshy, all from the crown: fls. white or tinged green, large, in an open raceme; perianth-tube short, oblong or club-shaped; stamens 6, with linear-oblong versatile anthers: fr. an oblong 3- valved caps., containing many angled black seeds.—The genus differs from Hyacinthus mainly by its more numerous and flattened crowded seeds. The other 2 species are inferior to the following, which was intro. by Leichtlin in the early seventies of last century, and now holds a permanent place in horticulture. The plants prefer a rich, open, moist soil.
G. clavata, Baker. Bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam.: lvs. 6-8, soft, 2-2 ½ ft. long, with whitish margin: scape 2 ft., bearing a lax raceme; fls. with a clavate tube which in 1 in. long and which is twice as long as the segms. B.M. 6885.—-G. princeps, Decne. Much like G. candicans, but fls. fewer and raceme shorter: stamens inserted below middle of tube.
L. H. B.
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