Clivia
(named after a Duchess of Northumberland, a member of the Clive family). ORD. Amaryllideae. SYN. Imantophyllum (often erroneously written Imatophyllum). Handsome greenhouse evergreen bulbs, requiring a high temperature and plenty of moisture when growing. During the season of rest, they need very little heat or moisture, only just enough of the latter to keep the soil from being dust-dry. Propagated by divisions, or by seed. There are three species, all natives of South Africa, the best being the one here described.
C. Gardeni. See Imantophyllum Gardeni.
C. miniata. See Imantophyllum miniatum.
C. nobilis (noble).* fl. red, yellow, forty-eight to fifty in a pendulous umbel; perianth tubular, segments imbricate, outer shorter than inner. May. l. distichous, coriaceous, strap-shaped, sheathing at base, retuse and oblique at apex; margin rough, h. 1 1/2ft. 1823. SYN. Imantophyllum Aitoni. (B. M. 2856.)