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almost always shorter and never longer than the 1., spicato- 
corymbose fasciculato -capitate interruptedly crowded or con- 
gested sessile fl. with a cylindric-filiform cor. -tube, very short 
edentate fil., and indistinctly, obsoletely or confusedly toothed 
always more or less rusty-tomentulose cal. 
There can, however, be scarcely any reasonable doubt of some 
perhaps peculiar or abnormal spec, of this Mad. pi. having been 
the types of Dunal’s C. nocturnum ft. pubescens and C. Bella- 
sombra ; no other sp. of the genus except the above having 
been seen in the island by any other botanist till within the 
last 8 or 10 years, during which C. fastigiatum Jacq., C. auran- 
tiacum Lindl. and a 3rd ( C. Parqui Ilerit. P) equally different 
from C. vespertinum L. have been introduced into a few gardens. 
At the same time, it should be remarked, that Grisebach in 
W. I. FI. p. 444 refers C. Bella-sombra Dun. along with C. me- 
galophyllum Dun. to C. macrophyllum Vent. ; an association 
which does not seem however at all warranted by the descrip- 
tions in DC. at least of the 3 pi. 
There is no Oestrum, or any other pi. at all, called u Bella- 
sombra ” in Mad., where the present pi. is known solely and 
universally by the name of Boas (or sometimes Bellas ) Noites. 
The name of Bella Sornbra on the other hand, in all Spain and 
Portugal, as also, if I remember right, in the Canaries, is ex- 
clusively and constantly applied to Phytolacca ( Pircunia Moq. 
in DC.) dioica L. ; a tr. planted everywhere about towns &c. 
(Lisbon, Madrid, Cadiz, Seville, Gibraltar &c.) in the public 
walks (Pranas or Alamedas) on account of its close thick shade. 
There is a considerable resemblance both in the aspect and 
fragrance of the fi. between the present pi. and certain sp. of 
Daphne. Nothing can exceed the fragrance. It reminds one 
most perhaps of that of some Daphne, resembling a mixture of 
hyacinths or primroses and peaches, with an ethereal spicy aro- 
matic pungent freshness perfectly entrancing ; streaming down 
at night upon the wind far from its origin, but? so partially, 
that whilst perfuming powerfully one side of a narrow road or 
alley, there will often be no trace of it perceptible on the other 
side. It is strongest about midnight and is scarcely distin- 
guishable, even close at hand, before sunset or after sunrise. 
