Solaria
(named in honour of Francisci de Borja Solar, an eminent Chilian mathematician). SYN. Symea. ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a remarkable, greenhouse, bulbous plant. It thrives in a compost of sandy loam and leaf mould. The bulbs must be kept nearly dry during their resting period, the quantity of water being gradually diminished as the leaves begin to die down. Propagation may be effected by seeds, or by offsets. S. miersioides (Miersia-like). fl. green, small, inconspicuous, pedicellate, erect, many in a terminal umbel; perianth segments connate at base in a shortly campanulate tube, spreading above; stamens three; involucral bracts two, scarious; scape simple, leafless. Spring. l. (? always) radical, solitary, broad-linear. h. 4in. Chili, 1871. SYN. Symea gillesioides (Ref. B. 260).