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Scapus sub-pręcox, autumnalis. Umbella sub-12-flora? Flores inodori. Pedunculi suberecte divaricati. Germen trigone ovale, fere rectum, 3-loculare. Loculi 6-8 spermi, ovulis subglobosis. Tubus obsolete trigonus, a germine sub-declinatus, sursum curvatus, et juxta faucem amplior. Lacinię semi-pa- tentes, sursum curvatę, undulatę. Filamenta pariter fere cum laciniis in tubum coalescentia, assurgenter curvata, alterna longiora. Stylus sursum curvatus. Stigma simplex, acutum, circum-fimbriatum. Capsula et semina non visa. Patria Asię pars orientalis. Species. the summer. Scape autumnal, a little before or with the leaves. Umbel probably under 12-flowered. Flowers scentless. Peduncles erect or sloping Germen triangularly oval, very little bent downwards, 3-celled. Cells with 6-8 ovules roundish. Tube obsoletely triangular, very little bent from the germ, curved upwards, a little widened at the mouth. Petals half expended, curved upwards, undulated. Filaments inserted almost equally and coa- lescing at one height with the petals into a tube, the alternate longest. Style curved upwards. Stigma simple, acute, fringed round the side. Capsule and seeds not seen. Country the Eastern part of Asia. Species: 1. Aurea, 2. Radiata. Culture. A light loam appears to suit them. Bulbs of L. Aurea have been left by me one or two winters in the open ground without perishing, but they did not vegetate. They should be kept dry in the stove in the summer, and ought to flower in the autumn. The growth of the leaves should be promoted by a moderate supply of water in the autumn. They are pretty hardy, and may in the spring be removed into the greenhouse; but they must be kept dry and warm in summer. L. Radiata does not flower near so freely with us, though I understand that it blooms abundantly at Calcutta about the beginning of August, though neither Aurea nor Radiata ripen their seed in Bengal. I apprehend that a very hot season of rest, and the vigorous growth of the leaf in a lower temperature, are the requisites. The general fault in the treatment of tender bulbs is, that we keep them in the stove, and perhaps water them a little at all seasons, instead of abstaining entirely during part of the year while they are preparing their bloom, and allowing them a wet and cool season for growth of their leaves. |