Tas. 6562. 
HYMENOCALLIS Harnistana. 
Native of Mexico. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACER.—Tribe PANCRATIER. 
Genus Hymenocatuis, Herb.; (Kunth Enum. vol. v. p. 664.) 
IIymenocatris Harrisiana; bulbo parvo globoso tunicis brunneis membranaceis, 
foliis 3-5 synantiiis oblanceolatis subacutis glabris subpedalibus e medio ad 
basin sensim angustatis, scapo subancipiti subglauco foliis breviore, umbellis 
2-3-floris, spathe valvis lanceolatis, ovario oblongo-trigono sessili loculis biovu- 
latis, perianthii tubo cylindrico 3-5-pollicari, limbi segmentis linearibus tubo 
brevioribus, coronze parve infundibularis margine dentibus parvis interstamineis 
proedito, staminibus limbo brevioribus, antheris magnis linearibus luteis, 
stigmate capitato. 
H. Harrisiana, Herbert in Bot. Reg. vol. xxvi. (1840), Mise. p.35; Kunth Enum. 
vol. v. p. 672. : ; 
This is a very distinct species of Hymenocallis, remark- 
able for its dwarf habit, few-flowered umbels, and leaves 
not truly petioled, as in fH. speciosa and H. guianensis, but 
narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. It was 
originally described by Dean Herbert from specimens im- 
_ ported from Mexico about the year 1840 by T. Harris, 
_Esq., of Kingsbury, after whom it was named. It was 
never figured, and appears to have been soon lost from 
cultivation, but Herbert’s description is so full and clear, 
that when we received specimens at Kew in the summer of 
1879, almost simultaneously from Colonel Trevor Clarke 
and Mr. Elwes, there was no difficulty in identifying it. 
A plant which has been distributed under the garden name 
of Hymenocallis uniflora is clearly a mere form of the same 
species. Co 
Desor. Bulb globose, an inch and a-half in diameter, 
with brown membranous tunics. Leaves three to five from 
a bulb, contemporary with the flowers, oblanceolate, bright 
green, glabrous, subacute, a foot long, one and a half or 
two inches broad two-thirds of the way up, narrowed 
JUNE Ist, 1881. 
