1835 
COOPERIA Drummondi. 
Drummond's Cooperia. 
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Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDACEZ, $ 2. Scapacr®, subordo SCHISTANDRE. 
W. Herbert, MS. 
COOPERIA. Tubus cylindricus, erectus ; limbus regularis patens ; fila- 
menta tubo consolidata ; anthere erecte in fauce tubi sessiles ; pollen (quod in 
Zephyranthe acutè ovale) difforme; scapus cavus; semina testà tenui nigrà, 
complanata, cumulata. Germen erectum. Tubus erectus cylindricus, ore am- 
pliato ; limbus sub sole stellatim patens. Filamenta decurtentia ; subeequalia, 
apice ad faucem tubi libera; anthere subulato-lineares (dein lineares), erecte, 
non versatiles, a tertiá parte inferiore dorso affixee ; stigma crassum 3-lobatum vix 
trifidum. Herbert MSS. 
C. Drummondi ; bulbo parvulo ovato, foliis gracilibus irune. lat, 12-13-uncia- 
libus canaliculatis tortilibus subacutis flaccidis glabris lete viridibus basi 
rubescentibus ; scapo unifloro 4j-unciali viridi unifloro, spatha univalvi in- 
ferne cylindricà ; germine sessili viridi, tubo gracili 43-unciali rubro filamentis 
decurrentibus striata; limbo stellatim patente 3-unciali albo laciniis dorso 
rubro-lineatis ; petalis obtusis, sepalis latioribus acutioribus ; antheris }-un- 
cialibus ; stylo antheris breviore ; stigmate obtuso trilobo. Herbert MSS. 
I am much indebted to the Hon. and Rev. William 
Herbert, who has for so many years been occupied in the 
examination of the difficult Natural order to which this 
plant belongs, and who is now preparing a com lete revision 
of it, for the drawing and all the information have to give 
respecting this species. 
“ This very singular little bulb was discovered in the pro- 
vince of Texas in North America by poor Drummond, whose 
early death is deplored by all who cel interested in bringing 
to light the unexplored riches of the vegetable creation. | It 
was sent by him to Scotland, together with other interesting 
bulbs, concerning the genera of which, if some be not entirely 
new, at present a conjecture can only be made, too vague to 
deserve public mention. 
“ This plant is at once distinguished from all the known 
genera of the order to which it belongs, by anthers sessile 
on the mouth of the tube, so that the filaments are con- 
solidated with it, and decurrent in its texture. The 
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