BRAVOA GEMXIFLOBA. 



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figured, may be raised; and, if the experiment is tried, it will be absolutely 

 necessary to resort to the plan we have suggested for obtaining late flowers of 

 the spectabilis, which blooms naturally at an earlier period than the chrysantha. 



The allied genus, Corydalis, contains two species, which are especially 

 deserving the notice of the amateurs of herbaceous plants, both on account 

 of their ornamental character and the early period at which they flower. 

 They are the C. nolilis and C. bullosa. The first-named is tap-rooted, with 

 stems about a foot high, and rather large leaves deeply cut. The flowers 

 are produced in close racemes, and are of a yellow colour, tipped with 

 dark purple near the extremity; they have a faint but pleasant odour, which 

 is an unusual circumstance in this family. It is not particular as to soil, 

 but prefers a light rich sandy compost, into which its roots can descend 

 freely. Like most other tap-rooted plants, it does not well bear removal, 

 but may be increased by cuttings of the roots. The C. bulbosa is rather 

 dwarfer than the preceding, and its foliage is smaller. The flowers of the 

 species are pink, but there are several varieties varying in colour from pure 

 white to purple. They all of them ripen seed, which should be sown as soon 

 as ripe; the roots may also be occasionally divided. This species is tho 

 C. soJida of some Botanists. The Corydalis falacea is a good hardy plant, 

 but appears to have become very rare in this country. Its flowers are 

 purple. The species of this genus most commonly met with is the little 

 C. httea, with yellow flowers > produced nearly the whole year. In rich 

 sandy soil it makes a handsome tuft. 



BRAVOA GEMINIFLORA. 



Tic in -flowered Bravoa. 

 Zinnean Class— Hexandria. Order— Monogtnia. Natural Order— Amakyxlidace.b. 



The remark we ventured to make in speaking of the Cyclobothra alba — that some 

 of the most interesting of the Lilyworts were scarcely known, even nominally, 

 to a great portion of the flower-loving community — applies, we think, with 

 equal force to many plants of another extensive natural order of Endogens, 

 the Amaryllids. Of this number is the Bravoa geminiflora, a bulb which, although 

 cultivated in this country for the last ten or twelve years, and attainable for 

 a trifling sum, is as rarely seen as the Cyclobothra. It must, however, be 



