and, having flowered beautifully in May and June, they per- 
fected good seed in July. Whether or not it will be the 
better to take up the bulbs to be dried in summer and reset in 
the autumn, is not yet ascertained ; but it will probably not 
be necessary. 
Ixiolirion Tataricum is distinguished from montanum by 
expanded rotate flowers, not tubularly closed in the lower 
part, and circinate anthers, and is confined to the Altaic 
region, while montanum extends from Syria to the southern 
part of Songaria. Dr. Fischer has named it I. Ledebouri. 
referring to Amaryllis Tatarica, Led. Fl. Altaica, but the 
plant had been previously figured, Herb. Am. pl. 19. & pl. 90. 
f. 1., as Ixiolirion Tataricum from Altaic specimens, of which 
Dr. Fischer is now aware. —W. H. 
