EREMURUS (from eremos, solitary, and oura, a tail; referring to the flower-spike). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus of about eighteen species of very pretty, hardy herbaceous, large, Hyacinth-like perennials, extending from Asiatic Russia to Hindostan. Scape naked, terminating in an elongated receme of yellow or white flowers; perianth segments narrow, spreading. Leaves radical, linear. They are of easy culture, in moderately good garden soil. Increased by divisions. EREMURUS aurantiacus (orange). fl., perianth yellow, five to six lines long; raceme dense, 6in. long, when expanded 1 1/2in. to 1 3/4in. in diameter; scape 1 1/2ft. high, terete, puberulous. l. five or six, narrow-linear, erect, persistent, 1ft. long, two to three lines broad. Afghanistan, 1885. (R. G. 1168, b, g, h.) EREMURUS Bungei (Bunge's). fl., perianth bright yellow, 1/3in. long; pedicels erecto-patent; raceme oblong, dense, 4in. to 5in. long; scape terete. 1ft. long, glabrous. l. linear, 1ft. long, less than 1/2in. broad, firm, glabrous, the edges minutely ciliated. Persia, 1885. (R. G. 1168, a.) EREMURUS himalaicus (Himalayan).* fl. white, star-shaped; scape 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. in height, bearing a densely packed raceme. l. strapshaped, acute, glabrous, entire, about 1ft. in length. Himalaya, 1881. (G. C. n. s., xvi. 49.) EREMURUS Korolkowi (Korolkow's) is a rare and handsome species, from Central Asia, growing from 3ft. to 4ft. high, and bearing immense spikes of bright rose flowers. EREMURUS Olgae (Olga's). fl. white, star-shaped, with projecting stamens; disposed in a long dense raceme. Summer. l. tufted, linear, scabrous, recurved. Turkestan, 1881. (R. G. 1048.) EREMURUS robustus (robust).* fl. peach-coloured, disposed in an elongated raceme on a naked scape, from 8ft. to 9ft. in height. l. rosette-formed, 4in. wide, and from 2 1/2ft. to 3ft. long. Turkestan, 1874. (B. M. 6726; R. G. 769.) EREMURUS spectabilis (showy).* fl. sulphur-coloured; raceme elongated, sub-cylindrical, many-flowered; perianth divided to the very base, with six ovate-elliptical, spreading, sulphur-coloured sepals, slightly tinged with orange; anthers oblong, deep orange. June. l. radical, linear-ligulate, glaucous-green, slightly channelled and obscurely keeled, sheathing at base. h. 2ft. Siberia, 1800. (B. M. 4870.) EREMURUS turkestanicus (Turkestan). fl. reddish-brown; perianth segments margined with white; stamens much exserted; raceme very long and dense, borne on a tall scape. l. broad-linear, acuminate. h. 4ft. Turkestan, 1881. (R. G. 997.)