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ZEPHYRANTHES grandifl<»a. 
Large-flowered Zephyranthes. 
HfiXAKDRtA MONOaVNiA. 
Nat^ Ord. AMAEYLLID&iE. 
ZEPHYRANTHES. V. suprd fol. 821. 
Z. grandiflora ; foliis linearibus erectis obtusis scapo nmlto brevioribus, spatbd 
monophylla, peduniculo breviore, perknthio inf^indibulari pedtiftcttlo- 
dupk) longiore. ^ - 
Anuffyllk miattta. Bmb. «t B<mpl. im. gen. tt sp. L2^78. KMHtk. 
si^Hops. 1.285. 
Bulbus ovi cohmbini magnitudmeynigro-bninneus. Folia 3, 4-6-unctalia, 
erecta, lineariUf utrinque glaherrbna, apice rotundata, subacufa, Icete viridia, 
vefiastmin ■pcaito rttftro suffusa. Scapus cnm jiore pedalis, teres, Jistulosus, 
fflaber, laie viridis, basi colomtus, tmifiorus. Flos in pedunculo suberecto^ 
sesquiuMdali irmdens. Spatha pedumulo brevior, monophylla, ^-Jissa, parte 
liheray integerrima, lateribus involutis, pafente. Perianthium infundibulare, 
3 uncias longum, Icete rubicundum, tubo injeriore pallidr vircntc ; Incinice 
ooales, iubcequales, usque ad medmrn divisce, exterioribus iiit>rior(s imhn- 
cantibus, marginibus fere ad basin usque libcris. Stamiiui i/u ltisn, pcnan- 
tkio mullo brevloru, fauce tubi ui>,(:ftn, nuii declnKidt. Autlit-nr linaires, 
versatiles. Ovarium breve, IrKjunioa, Uilocabire, mnltiuvidntum ; ovulu 
comprcssa, disticl/n. Stylus JUifornm, declinatus, sursinn c/acdiis, anthefis 
lo)igior, pcriantkio brevior. Stigma trilobuin, ( rassiun, lubis rccun is. 
Cupsula brevissintc p€diceUata,vestigiis spathce rtiptce vesttia, tnlocularis, 
semi-tricalvis, valvulce medio septiferce, latcSf rotundat<By apiculala:, /ludio 
extus, e regione dissepinienti, canaliculatce. Semina numerosa, distichc 
imbricata, ope funiculi brevissimi, tenuissimi ptacentce affixa, compressa, 
semiovata ; testa purpureo-nigra, lucida, meinbranacea, ad apicem et dor- 
sum laxa ; chalaza membrana apids interior, pallida, subrugosa. Embryo 
ohliquus, in ami albuminis camosi, copiosi cylindricus, 2 tertias axit occu- 
pans, paulo eccentricus ; radicula apice imo, hilo proximo^ (dbumiae mchuo ; 
plumvla minima, i latere embryonis versHs bagin erumpens, et apice suo 
semper demtdato ! I nec embryonis substantia supertecto. 
A beautiful new species of Zephyranthes, native of 
Mexico, where it does not seem to be uncommon, especially 
in the cool high country about Real del Monte and Cerro 
Ventoso. Introduced this spring for the first time. Our 
