Lycoris
(named after a beautiful Roman actress, mistress of Marc Antony). ORD. Amaryllideae. A genus comprising three species of greenhouse bulbous plants, natives of China, Japan, and Central Asia, allied to Amaryllis, from which they may be distinguished by the undulated divisions of the spreading perianth being curved upwards, and bearing a simple fringed stigma. For culture, &c., see Amaryllis.
L. aurea (golden).* fl. golden-yellow, stalked, erect, funnel-shaped, clavate; segments linear-lanceolate. August and September. l. greenish, strap-shaped. h. 1ft. China, 1777. A very pretty species, the flowers appearing before the leaves. SYN. Amaryllis aurea (under which name it is figured in B. M. 409). L. radiata (rayed). fl. deep pink, approaching to scarlet. June. l. linear-ligulate, obtuse, glaucous-green, about 1/2in. wide. h. 1 1/2ft. China, 1758. SYN. Nerine japonica. (B. R. 596; A. B. R. 95, under name of Amaryllis radiata.) L. Sewerzowi (Sewerzow's).* fl. brownish-red, fragrant. Summer. l. strap-shaped, bluntish. h. 1ft. Turkestan, 1877. (R. G. 914.)