and perfectly hardy. # dasyphylla was gathered by Mr. 
Elwes in light sandy soil over serpentine between Moolah and 
Aidin, at an elevation of two thousand feet above sea-level, 
and #. acmopetala in rocky woods in Caria. 
Duscr. F. dasyphylla. Bulb globose, under half an inch in 
diameter, with pale membranous tunics. Stem rising four to 
nine inches above the surface of the ground, one- rarely two- 
flowered, bearing six to twelve rather fleshy green leaves, all 
alternate or the lowest and sometimes the uppermost opposite, 
the lowest oblanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, two or three 
inches long, the others lanceolate and linear. Flowers more 
or less drooping. Perianth broadly funnel-shaped, three- 
quarters or seven-eighths of an inch long, the segments pur- 
plish on the back, yellow without any tessellations inside, 
with a small green oblong foveole above the base. Stamens 
three-eighths or half an inch long; filament flattened, pubes- 
cent ; anther oblong. Style a quarter or three-eighths of an inch 
long, entire. 
F. acmopetala. Bulb small, globose, with pale tunics. 
Primordial radical leaves oblong, two or three inches long, 
narrowed to a petiole as long as the blade, Svem above a 
foot long, slender, glaucous, one-flowered. Leaves five or 
six, rather glaucous, all alternate, linear, three or four inches 
long. Flowers drooping. Perianth campanulate, fifteen or 
eighteen lines long, the obovate-oblong obtuse segments 
more or less flushed with purple on the back and tip, for the 
rest greenish, without any tessellation, furnished with a small 
oblong greenish foveole above the base. Stamens less than 
half as long as the perianth; anthers linear-oblong, cus- 
pidate, half as long as the pubescent filaments. Style half an 
inch long, with three subulate forks reaching nearly halfway 
down.—J. G. Baker, 
Fig. 1, segment of the perianth of F’. dasyphylla ; fig. 2, pistil of the same; 
fig. 3, segment of the perianth of #' acmopetala ; fig. 4, pistil of the same :—all 
more or less magnified. 
