posed, nor a Helonias as Professor Don has imagined, but a 
quite distinct genus of Melanthacez, differing from both 
those genera and from all others with which it is necessary 
to compare it, in the segments of the perianthium having a 
nectarifluous excavation at the base. Independently of this 
it differs from Helonias and Xerophyllum in having clypeo- 
late anthers, from Amianthium in its short stamens, and 
from Scheenocaulon in its whole habit. 
In cultivation it is a half-hardy bulb, growing about 
four or five feet high in any strong rich soil, and flowering 
in September or October. It requires the same treatment as 
Tigridia pavonia. 
Fig. 1. is a flower magnified; 2. one of the sepals ; 
-3. 4. different views of the anther; 5. the ovary; 6. a ripe 
fruit; 7. a seed. 
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