Lloydia
(named after Mr. Edward Lloyd, who first discovered the plant in North Wales). SYNS. Nectarobothrium, Rhabdocrinum. ORD. Liliaceae. A small genus (two species) of bulbous plants, one of which inhabits the mountains of Europe (Britain), Central and Northern Asia, and North America, and the other is limited to the Himalayas. Flowers white or yellow, pedicellate. Radical leaves one to three; cauline ones few, small. Stem low, slender, bearing one or two flowers at the apex. Bulb narrow. L. serotina-probably the only species known to cultivation-is a rare and pretty, bulbous-rooted, hardy perennial, requiring a dry, sandy loam. Propagated by offsets, or by the creeping shoots with a bulb at the extremity.
L. serotina (late-flowering). fl. white, erect, solitary, veined externally with green; perianth inferior, of six nearly equal, spreading, persistent segments. June. l. semi-cylindrical, those on the stem dilated at the base. Stem 5in. to 6in. high. Rocky ledges of Snowdon range, Wales; mountains and Arctic regions of Northern hemisphere. SYN. Anthericum serotinum. (Sy. En. B. 1521.)