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blossoms during the Rains. If, when the first flower of the umbel 

 opens, the scape be cut and brought into the house and put into 

 a glass of water, the remaining flowers will continue opening in 

 succession for several days, scenting the rooms, particularly at 

 night, with their most delicious odour. 



5. C. lorifolium. Native of Pegu ; bears at the close of the Eains 

 umbels of twenty large white fragrant flowers. 



6. C. Sumatranum. Bears at various seasons scapes with 

 umbels of from ten to twenty large white fragrant flowers. 



7. C. canaliculatum. Leaves from three to five feet long, and 

 three to four inches broad ; scapes about two feet long, bearing 

 umbels of about forty middling-sized, pure white, long-pedicled, 

 sweetly fragrant flowers. 



8. C. latifolium. Native of Bengal ; leaves one to three feet 

 long, and three to five inches broad ; bears a scape one to two 

 feet long, with large pale-rose faintly fragrant flowers, in the 

 Eains. A plant of immense size, with nothing corresponding to 

 recommend it. 



9. C. Zeylanicum. Bears flowers almost exactly the same as 

 the last. 



10. C. superbum. Native of Sumatra; root of many fleshy 

 ramous fibres, with scarcely any appearance of a bulb. Stem 

 short, from twelve to eighteen inches high, and as thick as a 

 man's leg or more ; scape about three or four feet long, bearing 

 umbels of from twenty to thirty very long pedicled, rose- 

 coloured, delightfully fragrant flowers. Dr. Roxburgh says : 



" It thrives luxuriantly in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, and 

 is the largest and by far the most beautiful species of Crimim I 

 have yet met with; and if the fragrance of its numerous large 

 flowers is taken into account, it is probably the most desirable of 

 all the tribe." 



11. C. Asiaticum toxicarium. Leaves from three to four feet 

 long, and from five to seven inches broad ; scape bears umbels 

 of as many as fifty large white, nearly scentless flowers. Dr. 

 Roxburgh says : " Its immense large, beautiful, smooth, deep- 

 green leaves make it conspicuous and desirable in the flower- 

 garden." 



12. C. augustum. Dr. Roxburgh states : 



"This magnificent plant from the Mauritius has been intro- 

 duced into the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, where it blossoms at 



