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not see any difference between this and C. amabile, which 

 is also now in flower at Kew. They are alike in all charac- 

 ters, and on turning to Mr. Baker's description of these two 

 species in his " Amaryllidese " I perceive that both descrip- 

 tions are essentially the same. There is, however, the dif- 

 ference in geographical position, that called C. amabile 

 being a native of Sumatra. C. Hildebrandii is another 



species in flower twice already this year. It is a pretty 

 pot-plant, and not too large for the ordinary shelf in the 

 stove. It was sent from Johanna Island, off the south-east 

 coast of Africa, in 1875, to Berlin, by the collector Hilde- 

 brandt, and a few years later to Kew by Sir John Kirk. 

 Although found at an altitude of 3,000 feet, it suffers from 

 cold if kept in an ordinary greenhouse. C. bractealum is 



Fig. 98. — Spiraea discolor, var arisefolia. — See page 613. 



evergreen species, and one which is very easily kept in 

 health in a stove. It has a neck a foot long, is almost leek- 

 shaped in fact, with strap-shaped leaves eighteen inches by 

 two inches. The flowers are borne in an erect head on a 

 scape a foot high, and are remarkable for the length of the 

 tube, which is from six to eight inches long, and perfectly 

 straight. The segments are three inches long, narrow, 

 spreading and recurved, pure white. We have had this 



similar in general characters to C. peduncuta/um, but does 

 not grow to so large a size. It has a short thick neck, 

 broad fleshy leaves, and a flattened scape a foot long, bear- 

 ing numerous pure white flowers two inches across. The 

 stamens are reddish. Originally from the Seychelles, but 

 now well known in cultivation in the tropics. C. pedun- 

 cu/a/um is quite as large as the common C. Asia/icum, the 

 only difference between the two being in the size of the 



