Tas, 6717. 
GLYPHOSPERMA Pataurr, 
Native of Northern Mexico. 
Nat. Ord. Linracrm.—tTribe ASPHODELER, 
Genus GiyrHosrrerma, S. Watson in Proc. Amer, Acad. vol. xviii. p. 164. 
GuyrHosPprrma Palmeri ; glaberrima, caule gracili 
gramineis fistulosis basi longe membranaceo-vaginatis, racemis laxifloris, 
pedicellis erecto-patentibus, perianthii segmentis oblongis obtusis albis nervo 
medio dilatato fusco-viridi, filamentis exterioribus brevibus basi in appendicem 
membranaceam late oblongam fimbriatam dilatatis, interioribus longioribus 
appendice angustiore, stigmate magno 3-globoso, capsula subglobosa, seminibus 
3-gonis faciebus subrugoso-undulatis. 
G. Palmeri, §. Wats. 1. e. 
parce ramoso, foliis elongatis 
ceaneormeeeree ee enaEa 
A very singular hardy plant, the type of a new genus, 
- deseribed after the publication of the last volume of the 
“Genera Plantarum,” in which it would otherwise have 
_ been included. Its position in the great natural order of 
Liliacee is in the subtribe Anthericew of the tribe Aspho- 
- delew, and it will stand next to Anthericum itself, to which 
Indeed it seems to be very closely allied, differing chiefly 
in the structure of the filament. 
_ Glyphosperma was discovered by Dr. HE. Palmer, one of 
the most enterprising and successful botanical explorers of 
the North American continent, in sandy valleys at the 
town of Saltillo, in Cohuila (a province of Mexico), during 
oe journey in South-Western Texas and Northern Mexico. 
eeds received from the Botanical Gardens of Cambridge 
University, Massachusetts, were raised at Kew in 1881," 
and flowered in February, 1882. It is not an attractive 
lant, but as a near relative of the European Anthericum 
has a special botanical interest. In the description of 
the flowers given in the American journal, these are said 
0 be of a light salmon colour; as cultivated at Kew they 
are nearly white. ? 
Desor. Root of fascicled fleshy fibres. Leaves twelve to 
OCTOBER Ist, 1883. 
