Heloniopsis
(from Helonias, and opsis, resemblance; alluding to the affinity of the genera). SYN. Sugerokia. ORD. Liliaceae. A small genus (four species) of greenhouse or hardy perennials, natives of Japan and Formosa. Flowers solitary or few at the tip of the scape, rather large, slightly nodding; perianth segments distinct or scarcely connate at base, oblong or narrow, sub-equal, spreading; stamens six; scape erect, simple. Leaves radical, petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, scarious-sheathed at base. Rhizome short, horizontal. H. japonica, the only species in cultivation, thrives in any fairly good garden soil, and may be increased by divisions. H. japonica (Japanese). fl., perianth rose-coloured, five to six lines long, the segments free, narrow; stamens very shortly exserted; pedicels usually longer than the flowers; raceme short, two to ten-flowered. April. l. oblanceolate, at the flowering period 3in. to 4in. long and 1in. broad, brownish towards the tips. Japan, 1881. Wrongly called H. umbellata in G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 711. (B. M. 6986.)