ZKPIfYKAXTHES Tt'BTSPATTTA A NO CANOIOA, 



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Tiib small bulbs here represented ia (lower, were received from Dcmarataj 



with a number of others, under the mime of *' Atnmasco Lily," hut the flower* 



besides being smaller, ami destitute of t !•<» pink hue of Alanmsco, hate the 

 petals broader, mid nut so deeply divided; (la* flower stalk** much longer in 



proportion to tin- stem ; and possess exactly the character given by Air. Hbbbbrt. 



to 'I'tihispatlia, **» verv short tula 1 , rounded within l>y a bend of l In* lilaiurnts." 



Tho stamens are shorter than the pistil, of unequal lenyih, and diverging, hut 



not >o regularly as in some of the Zephyranlhes. A variety ivhteh appears 



nearly allied to this, is mentioned in the Ilolmiirjil Register, ItfGI. The present 



plant agrees with the description in the Botanical Magazine, No. 1->S<». 



Xephyrantlies Candida is larger, whiter, the petals more deeply divided, and 



rolling backward* when the flower is expanded : the stigma is more club-shaped' 

 the length from the pericarp to the bottom of the spathe, is scarcely above one- 

 tenth of the whole length of itie ncape, whereas in Tubfrpallta it is nearly one- 

 third both tho flowers and buds'of Candida are more upright, and the stems 

 have no purple. Lcuvca thick, smooth, and rusli-likc. 



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