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SPREKELIA cybister, v. brevis. 
Lhe Tumbler Sprekelia, shorter-flowered variety. 
—— AA ñ 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDACEA : subord. AMARYLLIDEA, HIPPEASTRI- 
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FORMES. 
. SPREKELIA. Perianthium declinatum, basi annulari inferne abbre- 
viato vix tubato; filamenta fasciculata declinata labio inferiore prope basin 
comprehensa. Herbert in litt. : ; 
Sprekelia cybister ; scapo circiter 4-5-floro, germine pedunculato cubante, 
perianthio laciniis inferne latis intus pallidê striatis superne angustatis 
labio inferiore precipitato apicibus reflexìs, sepalis margine involuto re- 
ílexis duobus inferìoribus inferne obliguê latere superiore dilatatis, pe- 
talis superioribus subplanis apice tortuosê demisso, petalo imo scapum 
attingente, membrana fauciali barbatâ, stigmate parvo trilobo, filamentis 
cum stylo apice subassurgente precipitatis, e sepalinis superiore elon- 
gato, e petalinis inferiore abbreviato, foliis hysteranthiis linearibus cir- 
citer semunciam latis, bulbo ovato fusco. Herbert in litt. 
v. l. subsexuncialis ; perianthio rubro superne subvirescente, quadriflora. 
v. 2. brevis; flore subquadrunciali, quinqueflora. W. H. 
Hippeastrum anomalum. Lindl. in Hort. 
“ The sketch of the plant here represented was made 
from a Bolivian bulb, which flowered in the nursery of Mr. 
Knight in the King's Road, Chelsea, and is evidently a 
variety of the same species as the longer-flowered plant which 
has lately flowered at Spofforth, and has been there named 
the Tumbler, from the very singular precipitation of the buds 
in their progress towards expansion, and the final perpen- 
dieular posture of the lower lip of the flower. The flower 
conforms closely with that of Sprekelia formosissima, differing 
from Hippeastrum in one conspicuous and decisive feature, 
namely, the marked separation of the lower from the upper 
lip, and its base closely embracing the fasciculate filaments 
and style. The true and original Hippeastrum aulicum 
differs from all others in the filaments being a little pinched 
by the base of the lower petal, which is a small feature of 
