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the spatha. The pot was set out of doors, and the scapes 

 gradually acquired vigour, but advanced very slowly ; and, 

 when the first flower was ready to expand, it was replaced 

 under glass. It will be an interesting plant to the Botanist 

 The cup which connects its filaments seems to furnish a 

 link between Asphodeleae and Amaryllideae. Its foliage 

 resembles that of Melanthium junceum, so that it might 

 easily, when not in flower, be mistaken for that nlant.' : 



W.H. 



The foregoing remarks have been very obligingly com- 

 municated by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. In a 

 memorandum subsequently received from the same gentle- 

 man, it is observed that in some respects this genus may 

 be compared to Puschkinia, from which, however, it is 

 essentially different ; for if the crown or cup of Puschkinia 

 is removed, you would have a Scilla, while if that part were 

 abstracted from the present genus, you would have some- 

 thing more near Albuca; in one species of which, k.vittata, 

 the filaments are winged, which is the first step to the 

 formation of the cup. Mr. Herbert is also inclined to 

 think there is some affinity between Pharium and Co- 



nanthera 



J. L 



a. The flower with the petals removed. 



b. The ovary and style, the cup being removed. 



5 £u e ? Vary ma S nmea > one cell being opened to shew the ovules. 



d. The interior of the cup cut open and distended. 



e. A particle of pollen magnified by the microscope. 

 . The perforated stigma magnified. 



Note upon Clivia nobilis, fol. ] 182. 



"The fruit of this plant is a round berry, about the size of a boy's marble, 

 or fths of an inch diameter, slightly coloured with red. The three cells 

 which contain the seeds consist of a red and very juicy pulp, which (like the 

 internal segments of an orange) are separable from the rind and from each 

 other ; and they might easily be mistaken for the seeds. Within each cell 

 are from two to four, but generally three, pearl-coloured seeds, which are 

 apt to germinate while still contained in the berry, and even long before it is 

 perfectly ripe. In a cool and airy greenhouse the fruit is from twelve to 

 fourteen months coming to maturity. The progress of the young plants, 

 also, is slow."— W. H. 



