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this country from America, under the name of Carolinianum, and Pursh says that it grows on the coast of Carolina and Georgia; but he quotes P. Verecundum, Hort. Kew. and the plate 5, in Catesby's appendix, which are certainly not Maritimum. Catesby's Fig. has green leaves, sessile germ, and petals no adhering to the cup, being either a many-flowered variety of Hymenocallis rotata ill-represented, or a true and distinct Hymenocallis Caroliniana, which is a desideratum in our collections. It is quite distinct from the glaucous Maritimum, which is sent under the name of Carolinianum from the gardens in America, and perhaps naturalised on the coast. Catesby's plant grew in a bog near Palluchacula, an Indian town in Georgia, on the Savanna river, which accords with the habit of H. rotata... ... ... Verecundum and Zeylanicum require a cool season of rest; if kept dry in the stove, the bulbs are apt to fret and perish, but they bear the voyage well and flower immediately after their arrival, which indicate that the bulbs should be taken out of the hearth and placed in a cool room. I think it very probable that we shall find them suc ceed in the open ground or greenhouse in the summer. To this genus pro bably belong. . . . Pancratium Maximum. Forskäl. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 72. with a very large solitary with flower. |