Helonias
(from helos, a marsh; habitat of species). ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a pretty hardy herbaceous perennial; from North America. It thrives in a sandy fibry loam and peat compost, and in a moist, shaded situation. Increased slowly by divisions of the roots, or by seed.
H. bullata (bullate). fl. purplish-rose, small; lower ones with linear-lanceolate bracts; spike oval. Summer. l. radical, oblong-lanceolate, acute, veined, shorter than the flower stems. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. 1758. SYN. H. latifolia. (B. M. 747.) H. latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of H. bullata.