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* ISMENE virescens. 
Stalk-flowered Ismene. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACES. 
ISMENE. Botanical Register, vol. 20. t. 1665. 
I. virescens ; foliis leeté viridibus erectiusculis acutis basi longé vaginantibus, 
scapo ancipiti, ovario brevi-pedunculato, tubo laciniis subsequali, coronze 
lobis petalis brevioribus rotundatis dentatis. 
This plant flowered last July in the garden of the Hor- 
ticultural Society, having been received among other bulbs 
from Cusco, where it was found by Mr. Pentland. It appears 
to be very nearly allied to Mr. Herbert’s I. pedunculata, but 
the tube is longer, there are no green stripes upon the coronet, 
and the leaves do not appear less sheathing at the base than 
in J. Amancaes. 
The flowers, although greenish white, have an agreeable 
lemon-like fragrance. 
The following are Mr. Herbert’s directions for the cultiva- 
tion of the species of Ismene ; 
‘«‘ Absolute rest in winter is essential to this genus, which 
delights in very light sandy soil ; its cultivation is easy when 
those two requisites are observed. Amancaes seems to thrive 
best in pure white sand, at least in the vicinity of the bulb. 
I have flowered it in the open ground by putting a pot full 
of white sand with the bulbs into the border. Calathina is 
less particular as to soil, and pedunculata is hardier than 
either, vegetates in a lower temperature, and flags sooner in 
hot weather. They should be planted in a border of light 
compost in April, and the bulbs must be taken up when the 
leaf is cut by frost in November or sooner, without breaking 
* See folio 1665. 
