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HABRANTHUS concolor. 
Whole-coloured Habranth. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDACE&. (AMARYLLIDS, Lindley Vegetable King- 
dom, p. 155. ined.) 
HABRANTHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 16. t. 1345. 
H. concolor; foliis hysteranthiis erectis glaucescentibus, scapo unifloro, 
spathä tubulosá coloratà pedunculo breviore, periänthio subregulari 
erecto, sepalis apiculatis petalisque oblongis acutis, stigmate altè tri- 
- . partito corona membranaceä annulari lacerá. 
Habranthus concolor, Lindley in Proceedings of the Horticultural Society, 
1838. p. 8. Bentham Pl. Hartweg, no. 219. 
Zephyranths and Habranths are plants so nearly related 
to each other, that some care is necessary in distinguishing 
them. The main difference is found in the interior of the 
flower, where the Habranths have, on the outside of the 
stamens, a small cup, composed of a membrane, or of certain 
toothings or scales, which are deficient in the Zephyranths, 
or at least hardly discoverable. In habit the one-flowered 
Habranths are the same as the Zephyranths. UE 
In the present species, the cup consists of a membranous 
ring, cut into irregular toothings or lacerations, and here and 
there slit down to the base. The flowers, although pale green, 
are very pretty, and form a lively ornament of the greenhouse, 
or cold frame, in the early spring. Mr. Hartweg found it in 
pastures near the city of Leon in Mexico, whence he sent its 
bulbs to the Horticultural Society, in whose gardens the 
accompanying drawing was made in April last. 
The Dean of Manchester gives the following instructive 
directions for the management of the species of this genus. 
“The Habranthi in general are pretty hardy, but as their 
