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SprEKELIA CyBisTeR. ‘THE TUMBLER 
SpPREKELIA. 
SEEKER EEE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Amaryuiumpacez. Subord. AMARYLLIDER- 
§. HippEAsTRIFORMES. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium declinatum basi annulari inferne abbreviato 
Vix tubato ; filamenta fasciculata declinata labio inferiore 
prope basim comprehensa. 
Specific Character. 
Sprexenia cybister; scapo forti subterete ultrabipedali 
diam. ¢-unc. glaucescente inferne sanguineo 4-floro, 
spatha rubescente mox marcescente subbiunciali, pe- 
dunculis ultra uncialibus, germine cubante, perianthio 
inferne rubro superne subvirescente, laciniis inferne 
latis intus pallidé striatis superne Jongé angustatis, 
labio inferiore genitalia quinqueuncialia amplexo pre- 
cipitato apicibus reflexis, sepalis margine involuto re- 
flexis duobus inferioribus inferne obliqué latere su- 
periore dilatatis, petalis superioribus subplanis apice 
tortuosé demisso, petalo imo scapum attingente, mem- 
brana fauciali barbat&, stigmate trilobo parvo subru- 
bescente, filamentis cum stylo apice sub-assurgente 
precipitatis, e sepalinis superiore elongato, e petalinis 
inferiore abbreviato, foliis hysteranthiis viridibus apice 
obtuso rubro cire. ]14-uncie latis, bulbo ovato fusco 
diam, biunciali— Ex Bolivia. W. HL. 
This very remarkable plant flowered in the greenhouse 
at Spofforth in April, 1840, the bulb having heen, kindly 
