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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



liusy and odorus, scarlet-flowered; obliquus and striates have 

 orange flowers mixed with green or red, others are flesh-co- 

 loured. They require sandy loam and peat, plenty of water 

 when growing, but the bulbs to be kept dry after flowering. 



CALOSTEMMA. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia.) Flower funnel-shaped, 

 with a six-parted limb ; crown tubular, with a twelve-toothed 

 mouth, the alternate teeth bearing anthers ; ovary one-celled, 

 two-seeded ; style thread-shaped ; stigma obtuse. 



The word means beautiful and crown, from the beautiful 

 crown of the flower. A genus of Australian bulbs worthy 

 of a place in the greenhouse. C. luteum is yellow-flow- 

 ered ; pmytureum, purple ; album ? white ; and carnea, flesh- 

 coloured : they flower from August to October. They do 

 not require any peculiar cultivation beyond that usually 

 given to bulbous plants. 



CLIDANTHUS. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia.) Mower funnel-shaped, ir- 

 regular ; stamens erect, included, united by their dilated bases ; 

 the short filaments two-toothed. 



