HYACINTH

a genus of monocotyledonous plants; natural order, Lilraceoe. The hyacinth, Hyacinth us oriental is, is a perennial herb with a bulb. Foliage leaves are long, narrow, parallel-veined, with sheathing bases. A bare stem terminates in a raceme of pendulous brightly colored flowers in the axils of bracts; three petaloid sepals and three petals form a single tube with six free segments.