bloomed in this country. Not having had an opportunity 

 of dissecting the flower, we shall not attempt to make any 

 addition to the very correct outline of it by Mr. Brown. 



A perennial herbaceous plant. Rootstoch fleshy. Radi- 

 cal leaves several, surrounding the stem, the flat side facing 

 inwards, narrowly Hnear, elongated, scarcely exceeding two 

 lines in breadth, channelled, keeled, ultimately revolute 

 along the edges, raembranously enlarged and half-sheath- 

 ing at the base: cauline ones distant, short. Stem round, 

 simple. Raceme terminal, undivided. Peduncles while 

 flowerbearing recurved, when fruitbearing upright ; bractes 

 at their base double, twice as short, one interior and shorter 

 than the one at the side. Corolla tubular, six-lobed at the 

 orifice, withering. Stamens placed on the tube. Anthers 

 fixed on at the conical aperture of the base. Germen pe- 

 dicled. Style subulate. Stigma simple. Capsule prism- 

 shaped, partable into three, each of which opens at the in- 

 terior angle. Seeds in two rows, inserted at the edges of the 

 seam or suture, testa or outer coat loose, pubescent. 



The germen begins to protrude from the mouth of the 



flower, BooD after the flower expands. 



