majoribus reflexis, internis erectis. Capsula operculi pro- 
minentis suturis dehiscens. Semina angulata, W.H. Mr. 
Ker referred Cypetia Herbertiana to Marica, with which it 
does not conform. The name Marica was improperly sub- 
stituted by Scurzser for the Cipurz of Auster, and the latter 
appellation must be restored to paludosa. The name Ma- 
rica will be properly restricted to the plants which conform 
with Northiana, Sabiniana, and cerulea, distinguished gene- 
rically by a coriaceous, reflexly dehiscent capsule with an- 
gular, oblong seeds, which are comparatively large, and by 
erect, acute, external and internal crests to the true stigmas, 
which are short and transverse. The root in that Genus is 
fibrous ; the stalk flat, leaflike, and proliferous. Cypetna 
Herbertiana has a branched stalk, with many-flowered 
spathes, and produces, from the beginning of July till 
November, a constant succession of flowers, which are not 
fugaceous, lasting, in cool weather, two or three days.* 
This opportunity may be taken to record a remarkable 
new Genus, of which a live specimen in flower has been sent 
to Spofforth by Mr. Loppiges, imported, as he states, from 
Valparaiso, being the first Cyrtanthiform plant found else- 
where than in South Africa. Nat. Ord. AmaryLumacen. 
Sub. Ord. Amaryutinez. § Cyrrantuirormes (next after 
GastronemA). Cypnonema. Pedunculi erecti. Germen 
trigono-oblongum erectum. Tubus rectus infra gracili- 
cylindricus superne campanulatus. Limbus regularis re- 
flexus. Stylus gracilis rectus stigmate trifario. Filamenta 
incurvata, sepalina tubi medio petalina altits adnata. Spec. 
1. Cypnonema Loddigesianum, floribus binis 14 uncialibus 
subalbidis viridi-striatis. Named from the curved fila- 
ments. W. H. 
* Mr. LoppicEs, having been requested to reconsider whether the bulb of 
CYPHONEMA certainly came from Valparaiso, stated, that he had many 
bulbs imported from the Cape in the same house with his Chilian bulbs, and 
that, although he considered the CypHONEMa to have been one of the latter, 
it is possible that there may have beena mistake. PHaLocaLuis plumbea, 
if protected from frost, seems disposed to preserve its foliage after flowering 
through the winter. 
Dissections of PHALOCALLIS plumbea. 1. Style and Stamina, magnified. 
2. Back of a Stamen straightened. 3. Front of ditto. 4. Style. 5. One 
Lobe thereof. 10. Seeds. 11. Ripe Capsule-—OfCypretia Herbertiana. 
6. Front of a Stamen. 7. Back of ditto. 8, Style and one Stamen. 9. 
One lobe of the Style. 12. Ripe Capsule and Seed. The Capsules are not 
of the utmost size. 
