several genera cannot be doubted, but the principles upon 
which they are to be separated remain to be ascertained ; 
and in our judgment itis wiber to refet a doubtful plant to 
an admitted genus provisionally, ham upon uncertain prin- 
ciples, to create a new one, which the next discovered 
species may render it necesääfy to remove. 
Bulb egg-shaped, brown, ha oüt of the ground. Leaves 
distichous, Hnear-fariceblgta; "¿foot d ht 
green, ‚garinate, recurved, ‘spreading, id a Hon, det 
end. tounded, two feet high. Umbel 6-flowered. 
pae amd, membranous, withered, much morter tban . 
; "dractes: filiform, Baccid: > Flotertalks 
rounded, erect, the length of the flower. , Flowers 'roiiling, 
flaine-có below the Emb | eh. "Segmente. of 
the flower rolled together in a cylindrical ‘tube, ‘somewhat 
spreading at the end, ovate, fae’ epleaite, the the three inner 
eoveled over by the outer. ' Stamens 6, declinate, te, thb. 
length of the segments, ‚Style. Aliform, d declinate, Tonger 
safiron-colomred: 
then the stamens, 
quite simple, ERY Ste, en Sern . u re aam 
