BOTANY. 95 



TUBEROSE. 



" The tuberose with her silvery light," a plant of the lily 

 tribe, which has been introduced into India from Mexico 

 or South America, is cultivated very extensively by the 

 Burmans and in many English gardens. The flower has 

 a delightful fragrance, and throws out its odours stronoest 

 at evening. 



Polianthcs tubcrcia. 



$S*o£n 8oSt« 



GARLAND FLOWER. 



The garland flower, a species of hedychium, but regard- 

 ed by Europeans as a lily, is much cultivated by both natives 

 and foreigners. The yellow and white varieties are both 

 common. " This to rae, ,; says Roxburgh, " is the most 

 charming of all the plants of this natural order that I have 

 met with, the great length of time it continues to throw 

 out a profusion of large, beautiful, fragrant blossoms, makes 

 it particularly desirable." 



Hedjchium coronarium. 



coScossa ooiohiopoj. 85o)i5c8S8Sr! 

 85c8io£. 



NARROW PETALLED GARLAND FLOWER. 



A very fragrant species of hedychium with long narrow 

 petals, and an epiphytic habit is often seen in Tavoy. The 

 species is not described in any books to which I have 

 access. 



Hedychium. 



co8do5coSgcosh eoiolqio3^£rh. SSc^Soo^- 



water Lily. 



Griffith says, there are two different species of water lilv 

 in the Provinces. 



Nymphmai 



