Daubenya
(named after Dr. Charles Daubeny, a former Professor of Botany, at Oxford). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus of pretty and curious little greenhouse bulbs, producing their flowers in very shortly-stalked, densely-flowered umbels, larger than a crown piece. There are three species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope; at present, they probably do not exist in British gardens. They thrive in a soil composed of sandy loam and peat. Increased by offsets. Daubenyas should be quite dry while at rest.
D. aurea (golden). fl. yellow; perianth tuberose, with a two-lipped limb. June. l. oblong, seated close to the earth. h. 3in. 1832. (B. R. 1813.) D. fulva (tawny). fl. dull reddish-yellow. June. h. 6in. 1836. (B. R. 1839, 53.)