Hyacinth us

(hi-a-sin’thus), n. [NL., acinthus: see hyacinth.| A genus of liliaceous bulbous plants, including about 30 species, natives of central Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is characterized by having the perianth infundibuliform campanulate, not constricted at the throat, the lobes shorter, or rarely longer, than the tube, and the stamens fixed in the tube or throat, with slender filaments dilated at the base. 4H. oriental is has heen long celebrated for the endle varieties which culture has produced from it. H. Roman us (the Roman hyacinth), a small white-blo omed species, is often grown as an early spring flower; there is also a pale-blue Roman hyacinth. A. amethyst in us is the amethyst or Spanish hyacinth, and H: candicans the white Cape hyacinth. See cut under hyacinth. Hyades (hi’a-déz),. pl. [., ¢ Gr. ‘Yadee (sing. ‘Yae not used), prob.