58 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-BOOTED PLANTS. 



GAKPOLYSA. 



A very pretty Cape of Good Hope bulb, allied to 

 and requiring the same treatment as the Ixia. There is 

 but one species discovered, the C. spiralis. The flowers 

 are produced in an umbel, being white tinged with pink. 

 The plant has no real merit for cultivation. 



CHLIDANTHUS. 



This is a very pretty Amaryllis-like flower, bright 

 yellow, and fragrant. The bulbs should be planted in 

 the same manner as the Gladiolus, but in a dry and well- 

 drained soil, as they are impatient of water. The bulbs 

 should be kept dry and warm during winter. 0. fragrans 

 is the only species, arid this can only be found in botan- 

 ical collections. 



CHOEETIS. 

 See Hymenocallis. 



CLIMBING LILY, 



See Gloriosa. 



OLIVIA. 



A very pretty genus, represented by one species only, 

 C. nobilis, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It is 

 nearly related to the Amaryllis. It is a greenhouse plant, 

 and when once established, flowers profusely. The flow- 

 ers are drooping, from forty to fifty on a well-furnished 

 spike, of a delicate flesh-color throughout the greater 

 part of the tube, heightening to a deep red. The plants 

 are increased rapidly by division. They require but 

 little care, heat being about the only essential. When 

 at rest they can be kept under the stage, or bench, and 

 watered only occasionally. 



COBUKGIA. 



See Stenomessen. 



