1 78 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



2571. CALA'NTHE. 



densiBora Lindl. dense-racemed £ [23 or f o Y Sylhet 1832 ? D l.lt Bot. reg. 1646 



A terrestrial species. It grows very freely in loam and decayed vegetable 



matter, in a damp stove. The leaves of C. densiflora, as those of the other 



species, are pleasing objects ; its flowers, which are not large, are disposed in 



a dense raceme : they are pendulous in some degree. W. W. Salmon, Esq. 



[? where resident], and Messrs. Loddiges possess plants of C. densiflora. 



(Bot. Beg., Feb.) 



2554. EPIDE'NDRUM. 

 f22747 nocturnum L. night-fragrant £ BJ or 1 o.n Y.W W.Indies 1816. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3298 



The flowers, though scentless during the day, yield at night, like the greenish or 

 yellowish white flowers of many other species of plants, a very powerful odour. 

 Linnaeus compares that of the flower of E. nocturnum to that of the flowers 

 of Lilium candidum L. Dr. Hooker remarks, that, " to us, even by day, there 

 is a faint smell resembling cucumber." Messrs. Loddiges had, and may still 

 have, E. nocturnum : it is in the Liverpool and Glasgow Botanic Gardens. 

 (Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



CCXLIII. Musdceae. 



745. HELICO^NIA, 



pulverulenta Lindl. dusted-leafed tf TA1 or 2 il G.S S. America? 1830? D p.l Bot. reg.l64S 



A species of not large proportions, but one possessed of considerable 

 beauty. " It is impossible to imagine any thing more delicate than the blue 

 [pulverulent] bloom which thickly covers the underside of the leaves [these 

 have, too, a narrow edging of red] ; or more brilliant than the vivid scarlet of 

 the flower-leaves or spathes, among which nestle, as it were, a few bright- 

 green flowers." (Bot. Beg., Feb.) 



CCXLV1I. Asphodelea. 



3283. TRITELEFA Hook. (Treis, three, teleios, perfect; as the plant produces three stamens with 



fertile anthers, the other three are barren.) Sp. 2. — 

 28010a laxa Benth. lax-umbelled tf _AI or 1| jl.au Dp.B California 1832? O p.l Hort. trans.2.s.!.pl.l5.f.2 



A very handsome plant. Its flowers are about the size of those of Brodiae v <z 

 grandiflora, and of the same deep blue colour. They grow in a lax umbel; 

 but, notwithstanding the length of their stalks, stand nearly erect : the scape 

 is, however, apt to be procumbent if not supported. T. laxa seeds freely, and 

 will probably soon be rendered common. ( Bentham, in Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. 

 413.) For a suggestion on culture, see under Cyclobothra in the next page. 



CCLI. ~LilidcecB. 



3339. CALOCHO'RTUS. The order iiliacea? includes numerous plants of distinguished beauty ; 



but, surely, few among them surpass, in elegance of habit and beauty of petal, the Caloch6rti. 

 Of the genus Calochortus, three species are registered in p. 476. of Hort. Brit. ; namely, nitidus, 

 macrocarpus, and eiegans. Of these, <51egans is now referred to the genus Cyclobothra : see 

 below. Thus, of Calochortus there are but two species enrolled in Hort. Brit. A third species, 

 C. luteus, is described in this Magazine (IX. 240.) ; and now the following have to be added. The 

 whole, from first to last, have, we believe, been introduced by Mr. David Douglas. 



[Hort. trans. 2. s. I. pi. 15. f. 1 

 28186a splendens Don. splendid-corollaed $ _AJ spl 1| au.s Li California 1832? O s.p 



This elegant species has very much the appearance of C. macrocarpus. It 

 is, perhaps, less branched ; and the leaves are shorter. The petals are paler- 

 coloured, and have a small dark spot at their base. The bulbs of it, trans- 

 mitted by Mr. Douglas, have grown freely; and many have already been 

 distributed. (Bentham, in Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. 411.) 



[Hort. tran3. 2. s. 1. pi. 15. f. 3 

 28186J venustus Dou. handsome-corollaed tf _AJ spl au.s W.spot California 1832? O s.p 



C. venustus resembles C. macrocarpus in the size of the flowers. It dif- 

 fers from both macrocarpus and splendens in several botanical points; and 

 " by the colour of the petals, which is a pure white, with the lower part 

 marked in streaks of deep red on a yellow ground ; and with a spot near the 

 extremity of each petal, much resembling a drop of blood. C. venustus, like 

 C. splendens, is a very handsome species, and has been raised in a sufficient 

 quantity for distribution. (Bentham, in Hort. Trans., 2d ser. i. 412.) 



