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Eremurus (From eremos solitary and oura)

(from eremos, solitary, and oura, a tail; referring to the flower-spike). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus of about eighteen species of very pretty, hardy herbaceous, large, Hyacinth-like perennials, extending from Asiatic Russia to Hindostan. Scape naked, terminating in an elongated receme of yellow or white flowers; perianth segments narrow, spreading. Leaves radical, linear. They are of easy culture, in moderately good garden soil. Increased by divisions.

E. himalaicus (Himalayan).* fl. white, star-shaped; scape 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. in height, bearing a densely packed raceme. l. strapshaped, acute, glabrous, entire, about 1ft. in length. Himalaya, 1881. (G. C. n. s., xvi. 49.) E. Korolkowi (Korolkow's) is a rare and handsome species, from Central Asia, growing from 3ft. to 4ft. high, and bearing immense spikes of bright rose flowers.

E. Olgae (Olga's). fl. white, star-shaped, with projecting stamens; disposed in a long dense raceme. Summer. l. tufted, linear, scabrous, recurved. Turkestan, 1881. (R. G. 1048.) E. robustus (robust).* fl. peach-coloured, disposed in an elongated raceme on a naked scape, from 8ft. to 9ft. in height. l. rosette-formed, 4in. wide, and from 2 1/2ft. to 3ft. long. Turkestan, 1874. (B. M. 6726; R. G. 769.) E. spectabilis (showy).* fl. sulphur-coloured; raceme elongated, sub-cylindrical, many-flowered; perianth divided to the very base, with six ovate-elliptical, spreading, sulphur-coloured sepals, slightly tinged with orange; anthers oblong, deep orange. June. l. radical, linear-ligulate, glaucous-green, slightly channelled and obscurely keeled, sheathing at base. h. 2ft. Siberia, 1800. (B. M. 4870.) E. turkestanicus (Turkestan). fl. reddish-brown; perianth segments margined with white; stamens much exserted; raceme very long and dense, borne on a tall scape. l. broad-linear, acuminate. h. 4ft. Turkestan, 1881. (R. G. 997.)