Calostemma
(from kalos, beautiful, and stemma, a crown). ORD. Amaryllideae. Handsome greenhouse bulbous plants, natives of New Holland. Flowers funnel-shaped, irregular; perianth with the orifice surmounted by a corona; stamens erect, united by their dilated bases; ovary three-celled, many-seeded. Leaves linear-lorate.
C. album (white). fl. white. May. l. ovate, acute, 3in. to 5in. long, 2in. to 3in. broad. h. 1ft. 1824.
C. luteum (yellow). fl. yellow. November. l. strap-shaped, narrow. h. 1ft. 1819. (B. M. 2101.) C. purpureum (purple). fl. purple. November. l. like those of C. luteum. h. 1ft. 1819. (B. M. 2100).