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Romulea (a name commemorative of Romulus, one of the mythical founders of Rome). Iridaceae. Crocus-like bulbs, suitable for outdoor planting.
Leaves narrow, usually overtopping the fls.: sts. produced, simple or branched: spathe of 2 lanceolate valves: fls. lilac, purple, yellow or pale, always solitary; perianth funnel-shaped, about 1 in. across; ovary 3-celled: caps, globose or ellipsoid.—About 90 species, Medit. region, Trop, and S. Afr. They are closely allied to Crocus, but differ in being less hardy and in having a long peduncle and short fl.-tube. Very little known in cult, in Amer.
R, Bulbocodium:. Sebast. & Mauri(?), has pale lilac fls. with a yellow center, tinted golden brown, striped with blue outside. Italy and Spain. G. 34:307. B.M. 265 (as Ixia Bulbocodium). There is another R. Bulbocodium, that of Kunze, which is the same R. Clusiana.—R. Leichtlinii, Hort ., has cream-white crocus fls. with a golden center. F. Tracy. Hubbard.
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Romulea (a name commemorative of Romulus, one of the mythical founders of Rome). Iridaceae. Crocus-like bulbs, suitable for outdoor planting.
Leaves narrow, usually overtopping the fls.: sts. produced, simple or branched: spathe of 2 lanceolate valves: fls. lilac, purple, yellow or pale, always solitary; perianth funnel-shaped, about 1 in. across; ovary 3-celled: caps, globose or ellipsoid.—About 90 species, Medit. region, Trop, and S. Afr. They are closely allied to Crocus, but differ in being less hardy and in having a long peduncle and short fl.-tube. Very little known in cult, in Amer.
R, Bulbocodium:. Sebast. & Mauri(?), has pale lilac fls. with a yellow center, tinted golden brown, striped with blue outside. Italy and Spain. G. 34:307. B.M. 265 (as Ixia Bulbocodium). There is another R. Bulbocodium, that of Kunze, which is the same R. Clusiana.—R. Leichtlinii, Hort ., has cream-white crocus fls. with a golden center. F. Tracy. Hubbard.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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