in this case probably a natural one. The two plants 
referred to Urceocharis have a perianth with a narrowly 
cylindric tube and a campanulate limb, the lobes of which 
curve outwards at the apex only as in Urceolina, and not, 
asin Eucharis, almost at right angles to the tube. They 
further agree with Urceolina in being deciduous. The 
flowers of Urceolina are either devoid of a staminal corona 
or possess one that is quite rudimeutary ; those of Hucharis 
have a distinct corona with free teeth between the bases 
of the filaments. In the hybrid raised by Messrs. Clibran 
there are two such teeth about one-third the length of the 
filaments between each pair of stamens. But in the pre- 
sumably wild plant sent by Forget from Peru, which in 
every other respect is indistinguishable from Lrceocharis 
Clibrani, there is no trace of these appendages, 
Descriprion.—Jlerb; bulb clothed with brown mem- 
branous sheaths; neck short, $ in. thick. Leaf solitary, 
deciduous, elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, base cuneate 
with rounded outer angles, quite glabrous, 6 in. long, 3 in. 
wide; midrib channelled above, broad and pronounced 
beneath. Scape terminal, 8 in. long, 24 lin. thick, pale- 
green, 4—5-flowered; bracts brown, scarious, 1 in. long, 
23 lin. wide; pedicels 3 in. long. Perianth white, pale- 
yellow towards the tips of the segments, especially ex- 
ternally; tube cylindric, # in. long, 1 lin. wide; limb 
wide campanulate, 13 in. across; lobes elliptic, acute, 13 in. 
long, 2 in. wide. Stamens exserted; filaments dilated and 
united at the base. Ovary 4 lin. long, 3-lobed; ovules 
few. 
Fig. 1, androecium ; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, apex of style:—ull enlarged except 1, 
which is of natural stze. 
