Reineckea
(named in honour of J. Reinecke, a German gardener and successful cultivator of tropical plants). SYNS. Liriope (of Salisbury), Sanseviella. ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, herbaceous perennial, with a creeping rhizome, thriving in almost any soil. It is readily propagated by division.
R. carnea (flesh-coloured). fl. flesh-colour, sweet-smelling, in simple, solitary spikes, under membranous bracts; scape firm, 1in. to 2in. high; bracts deltoid-cuspidate, tinged with red. April. l. six to twelve, sub-erect, glabrous, 6in. to 12in. long, 1/2in. 3/4in. broad. Rhizome broadly creeping. China and Japan, 1792. SYNS. Sanseviera carnea (A.B.R. 361), S. sessiliflora (B.M. 739).
R. c. variegata (variegated).* l. much striped. (L.H. 323.)