at the base of the petaline filaments (fig. A.); in P. atte- 
nuata, which is also very like P. brevituba, the processes are 
rudimentary and gland-like ( fig. 1.). 
I received fine specimens of P. ignea last December from 
Mr. Ingram, of High Street, Southampton, and from their 
striking resemblance to P. brevituba in every thing except 
size, and the slight difference above described in the petaline 
filaments, I can hardly doubt that the two species are fre- 
quently confounded. It may indeed be questioned whether 
they are really distinct. 
Fig. 1. represents a longitudinal section of P. attenuata, 
taken from a specimen that flowered in Mr. Knight's Nur- 
serv; the lower part of the tube is forced open, so as to have 
an appearance of distension by no means natural to it, in 
order to shew distinctly the interior, with the bases of the 
Stamens. A. is the base of the flower of P. ignea, with the 
sepals and petals cut away. B.is the base of a sepaline 
filament of P. brevituba, shewing the processes. 
In Mr. Herbert's Monograph of Amaryllidaceze, the cultivator will 
find a multitude of invaluable directions as to the proper management of 
that beautiful tribe of plants; and what renders such remarks the more 
acceptable to the horticultural world, is their being invariably the result 
of long personal experience. The following memorandum upon the habits 
and consequent treatment of Phycella, may be taken as an example :— 
* Some years ago I planted three species of Phycella out of doors in 
front of a green-house, throwing a small heap of sawdust over them in 
winter. In that situation one of them flowered early in the summer, and 
they go to rest in the hot dry season. They are tempted by mild weather 
to push their leaf in the winter, in which case they suffer injury from 
severe frosts that may ensue, though they will endure a good deal; and 
their habit is to flower after the leaf has acquired its growth before they 
to rest. The Phycellas have been found difficult to cultivate, because 
they have been often set in peat, though they grow naturally in a sandy 
or strong soil on a dry rocky substratum, and proper rest has not been 
allowed them. They should be planted in light soil well drained, and be 
left from the moment their leaves show a disposition to wither, till 
the bulbs on examination show a disposition to push out fresh fibres at 
their base. The old fibres in this genus seem always to perish before the 
plant vegetates again; it cannot therefore be injurious, and may be ad- 
vantageous, to take the bulbs:out of the ground when the leaves perish, 
and set them again when they are disposed to move. They will. be: best 
Be while at rest in dry sand. I consider that Phycellas should 
n to grow in February, and go to rest in August. Ifthe leaf endures 
later than August, they should have six months rest before they are 
Seat again. A sunny aspect, at the foot of a south wall, appears to suit 
iem. 
EON TUNE 
