above sea-level of from seven thousand to eight thousand 

 feet. The plant drawn on the right-hand side of the plate 

 was received from Mr. Maw at the same time. It was pro- 

 cured by him in the neighbourhood of Smyrna^ has a yellow 

 flower, and may prove when better known, to bo distinct 

 specifically. 



Descr. Bulb globose, about half an inch in diameter, with 

 two large fleshy brown tunic scales. Stem half a foot or a 

 foot long, with a single cernuous flower. Leaves four or 

 five, alternate, erect, all remote from both the flower and 

 the bulb ; the lower ones lanceolate, two or three inches 

 long, the upper ones linear. Perianth about an inch long, 

 between funnel-shaped and campanulate ; segments obovate- 

 oblong, dark purple, untessellated, obtuse, minutely ciliated, 

 glaucescent on the outside, the face paler and faintly ribbed, 

 the nectary a minute oblong, greenish depression at the base 

 of the segment. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; fila- 

 ments purple, pilose ; anthers linear-oblong, about a quarter 

 of an inch long. Style as long as the green clavate ovary, 

 obscurely tricuspidate at the tip, reaching to the top of 

 the perianth- segments or sometimes a little exserted. — /• 

 G. Baker. 



