Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb.

TRUMAN G. YUNCKER
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 19S7
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
9725
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Pis. white; filaments green. On roeks
near the sea, Alof 1. 15 nt. alt.
Jan. 18, 19^0.
Cou.. T. G. YuncK*
d*t. Marie Neal
DPU
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Hymenocallis littoralis Salisbury, Hort. Soc., Trans. 1:338, 1812.
Coarse herb. Leaves basal, straplike, fleshy, glabrous, up to 60 or more cm. long and
4 cm. wide. Flowers several, at top of a fleshy, two-edged scape, white, tube up to about
15 cm. long, perianth segments linear, stamen filaments green, connected at base with a
thin, weblike, crapy tissue 2 or 3 cm. high. .
Introduced ornamental (9725, 9827). Common in dooryards, and also
naturalized and frequent along roadsides and in waste areas. English name,
spider lily*.
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,T. G. YUNCKER
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