as tall as a man, has excited much curiosity, no specimen 
of it having been brought to Europe. Mr. Mactean in 
one of his interesting excursions undertook to seek for it on 
the headlands of the ploughed land in Palca, where he dis- 
covered it, having a stem scarcely three feet high and a 
triangular capsule, the bulb answering the description of 
Ruiz, but the natives denied its ever growing taller. The 
bulb sent to Spofforth showed blossom immediately, but 
having very little fibre, the scape did not grow above a 
foot high. It is very possible, that in the moist woods of 
Peru, it may reach a greater size than on the stony head- 
lands. The second species has a smaller bulb of the same 
form, much narrower leaves, a shorter tube, limb exceeding 
the cup, and style exceeding the limb, with a three-corner- 
ed dilated stigma, which is almost lobed. It was found in 
the same neighbourhood, I believe nearer to Vitoc, which 
is on the bounds of Peruvian civilization. CALLITHAUMA IS 
closely akin to Cosurara, of which it may perhaps ultimately 
be found to form a section. Its filaments are inserted into 
the side of the cup and dip into it. W. H. 
Var.1. Reflexus ; perperam Susianus Ker, Bot. Mag. 652. ; C. ful- 
vus; Pallas MSS. Herb. Lamb. Limbo aureo sepalis revolutis 
extus fusco-purpureo-striatis vel suffusis. Odessa, Caucasus. 
Var. 2. Rectilimbus ; similis precedenti sepalis non revolutis; sed 
sepalis depressis, petalis erectioribus. Jn hortis. 
Var. 3. Jmmaculatus ; flore aureo estriato ; C. fulvus, Pallas ap. Herb. 
Lamb.—Spec. Herb. Hooker ex Byzantio ; Lady Liston. 
Var. 4. Variegatus ; Hornsch et Hoppe ; foliis patentibus, scapo elon- 
gato, germine subalbido, limbo pallidé purpurascente, sepalis ex- 
tus striatis, tubo saturaté 6-lmeato. Istria, Sylva Lipiza dicta, 
Podolia Australis, Odessa, Caucasus ; Corcyra in collibus Cotony- 
chit teste pr. Tipaldo. 
12. Gargaricus ; Herbert. Specim. Crips et Yalden ex monte Gar- 
garo. Herb. Banks et Bentham.—Dr. Clark, Herb. Lambert. 
Flore verno, tunic vaginacea interiore fibris superne cribrosé reti- 
culatis inferne parallelis basi non circumscissa, spatha (nescio an 
bracteata) tubo aureo breviore, limbo $-unc. subcitrino rarlus sub 
aureo vel aureo petalis obtusis sepalis acutis longioribus, filamentis 
Z-uncialibus stylum antheris 4-uncialibus stigmata indivisa tenwia 
subequantibus, foliis 4 synanthiis. 
Sieberianus ; C. Sieberi, Gay, Bull. Fer. 25, 220, 1831. ©. 
nivalis ; Bory, V.du Mor. Flore verno, cormi tunicis tenuissimée 
sub-reticulato-fibrosis molliusculis (secundum Gay foliaceis demum 
cribrosis exteriore prope basim affixa) scapo ad apicem feré Nn: 
interio: 
13. 
Vide infra ad calcem 3867. 
