The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Erythronium

This genus now embraces eight species, seven of which are North American. To those described on p. 533, Vol. 1., the following should now be added:

E. dens-canis sibiricum (Siberian). fl. of a deep rosy-purple, banded purplish-crimson near the base of each division, and with a creamy-yellow eye. E. Hendersoni (Henderson's).* fl. drooping, faintly scented; perianth campanulate, about 2in. in diameter, the segments pale lilac, spotted dark purple at base, reflexed from half-way down; peduncle 6in. to 8in. long, one or two-flowered. April. l. two, opposite, oblong, dull green, spotted purplish-brown, narrowed to a long, channelled base. Oregon. (B.M. 7017.) E. purpurascens (purplish). fl. light yellow, tinged with purple, deep orange at the base, usually four to eight in a sub-umbellate raceme from 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. May. l. large, more or less oblong, frequently undulated. Bulb 1in. to 2in. long. Sierra Nevada.

E. p. uniflorum (one-flowered). fl., peduncles slender, one-flowered. SYN. E. revolutum.

E. revolutum (revolute). A synonym of E. purpurascens uniflorum.

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