Amaryllis, and Pallas a Crinum. It has, however, all the cha- 
racters of Allium and the same savory odour. 
Duscr. Bulb ovate, clothed with thin membranaceous pellucid 
coats more or less tinged with red. eaves from the lower 
portion of the.stem and from the root, linear-lanceolate, glaucous, 
slightly acuminate, sometimes waved. Stem or scape varying 
much in height, from two, it is said, to ten feet, terete, glaucous. 
Spatha of two, reflexed, membranaceous, pale brown eaves. Um- 
bel lax, a span wide, nearly globose, of very numerous pedicels, 
dense at their point of origin, (4~5 inches long) so long and so 
spreading on the lower ones, that they have a lax appearance in 
the circumference; they are slightly thickened beneath the 
flower. Perianth of six, oblong or narrow, slightly acute sepals, 
green, tinged with purplish-red. Filaments deep red, much 
longer than the sepals. Auéhers oblong, of the same colour as 
the sepals. Ovaryslightly stipitate, globose, three-lobed. Style 
fusiform, bright red, tapering to a sharp point. W. J. H. 
Cur. A bulbous-rooted, herbaceous plant, stated to have 
been introduced above twenty years ago, but still rare in 
collections. Coming from the region of the Caspian, it may 
be expected to be quite hardy, but as the plant from which this 
figure was made came to us from Scinde, we have treated it as 
somewhat tender, having kept it in a frame during last winter. 
It flowers during the early part of the summer, and has now 
produced perfect seeds, but does not appear to increase so freely 
by the production of offsets as the generality of the species of this 
extensive genus. J. 8. 
- Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
