Ihe parts, and in Iiaving a primary flower, the fruit of 

 which miscarries, while that of the secondary flower comes 

 to perfection; in regard to this character indeed, as far as 

 we have seen, it differs from the whole genus. Flavissima, 

 the nearest akin, is found constantly to affect springy moist 

 places, flowere later in the year, and has a scape higher 

 than the leaves. Lutescens, also veiy close to our plant, is 

 much larger, with a proportionately longer scape. The four 

 are very like, but still evidently distinct in port and eco- 

 nomy, besides the above technical marks. 



Arenaria, we believe, will prove quite hardy ; though the 

 present sample had been sheltered in the winter. 



Hootstoch horizontal, many-budded along the upper side. 

 Scape 1 J to 2 inches high, rather thicker than a crow-quill, 

 round, shining, green, simple, shorter than the leaves. 

 Leaves few, narrow, linearly ensiform, faintly nei*ved, up- 

 right, about 3 inches long, lightish green. Spathe 3- 

 valved, 2-flowered, herbaceous, conVolutely folded, lanceo- 

 late, smooth, inner valve cleft at the top. Flowers light 

 yellow, peduncled, strongly but not disagreeably scented, 

 upright, with the tube about an inch and a half deep, 

 the first barren, the second fertile: peduncles enclosed, 

 nearly the length of the germen and tube. Germen enclosed, 

 green, -j- of an inch long, evenly continuous with the tube 

 of the corolla, oblong, a little thicker than a crow-quill, 

 roundedly 3-cornered, the intervening facets marked by a 

 deeper gi-een scarcely raised rib ; cells with many ovula in^ 

 two rows. Corolla funnelform: tube enclosed, pale green, 

 piped, about the thickness of a crow-quill, slightly tapered 

 downwards, 3 times shorter than the limb : limb turbinately 

 divergent at the lower part, spreading and recurved at the 

 upper, segments of one length, 3 outer ones bearded, about 

 i broader, about -^ of an inch wide, of rather a deeper 

 yellow than the others, cuneately oblong, unguis evenly 

 continuous with the recurved retuse lamina and marked 

 on each side Mdth purple veins, beard a narrow strip of deep 

 yellow hairs ; inner ones narrower, cuneately ligulate, waved, 

 . recurved at the upper part, crenulately eroded at the top, 

 unguis narrow, inflectedly channelled, 3 times shorter than 

 the lamina stained with purple. Stigmas paler, about the 

 length of the bearded part of the segnfent, segments lanceo- 

 late, taper-pointed, uprightly recurved: outer lip mem- 

 lM*anous, Bhort, smooth, fl'hitc, truncate. 



