Drimia
(from drimys, acrid; the juice of the roots is so acrid as to cause inflammation when applied to the skin). SYNS. Idothea and Idothearia. ORD. Liliaceoe. A genus of greenhouse bulbous plants. They require a mixture of sandy loam and leaf mould, or peat soil, and, when not in a growing state, water should be almost entirely withheld. There are over a dozen species, all natives of tropical and Southern Africa; the few in cultivation are rarely met with, except in botanic gardens. None of them can fairly be called showy plants. For other species, formerly included here, see Scilla.