1. T.cerulea, Foliis angustis circiter 5-uncialibus viridibus, scapo 
3—4 unciali, spatha pedunculos equante, germine erccto, sepalis acu- 
minaté obovatis lamina 3 unc. lat& violaceé macula inferne saturatiore 
triangulari ungue albo violaceo-punctato, petalis parvulis acutis violaceis 
macula inferne oblong’ acuta saturatiore, genitalibus lutescentibus, cap- 
sula oblonga operculo dehiscente. Species Texana a Drummond lecta 
floruit Spofforthie. Genus Herbertia affine. 
Beatonia. Herbert. Perianthium valde dispar feré ut in Tigri- 
did ; filamenta cylindraceé connata; anthere obtuse subulate subincur- 
vate divaricate stigmatis lobis alternantes; stylus tenuis; stigma trilobum 
_ bifidis subulatis incurvatis; (caulis quoad vidi, extrafoliaceus) folka 
picata. 
B. purpurea. Caulem simplicem 5-uncialem bractea liber ad basim 
amplex4, bracte& semifoliaceA in caule Superne sita, spatha 24-unciali 
(valva externa breviore) pedunculos vix equante, germine recto, peri- 
anthio laminis roseo-purpureis unguibus crateriformibus albis roseo- 
purpureo-punctatis, sepalis oblongo-obovatis maculA ad lamine basim 
saturaté medio albé punctata, petalis lamina acut& minore deflexi apice 
resurgente—Floruit apud dom. T. Harris ex ditione Mexicana allata, 
curante hortulano perito D. Beaton. Vivam inspexi. 
AMARYLLIDACES. 
Cyrtanthus Smithianus. Cyrtanthus Smithie. Watt, MSS. Bulbo 
ovato modico foliis angustis erectis viridibus acutis glabris spiralibus 
circiter dodrantalibus, scapo bifloro, spatha bivalvi pedunculos ineequales 
gequante, germine ovali, perianthio circiter 4-unciali albo sexstriato striis 
latis leté roseis, tubo incurvato inferne tenui superne subventricoso, 
stigmate trifido tubum superante, filamentis petalinis tubum superantibus 
parti superiori sepalinis brevioribus medio regionis subventricose adna- 
tis, A domina Smith in Caffraria lectus. Bulbi a dominis Watt et 
vey missi nondum in Europa floruerunt. Flos ex tabula picté de- 
scriptus ad Gastronema vergit ideoque accuratiiis investigandus est. 
Habranthus Cearensis. Spec. Gardner (n. 1858) in sylvis siccis 
apertis Ceare Braziliensis m. Nov. lectum. Scapo unifloro tenui 4—5- 
unc. spath apice biloba, pedunculo unciali vel ultra breviore, germine 
pees, perianthio sesquiunciali (in sicco pallidé rubescente). Folia 
ysteranthia ignota ; filamenta tria longiora stigma vix superantia. 
Hyv'tine. Herbert, Perianthium verticale laciniis angustis extu- 
batum basi integrum; filamenta cum stylo tenuia; germen oblongum rec- 
tum; ovula in capsula immatura oblonga (ut videtur, superne foliaceo- 
alata?) folia non Vaginantia, plana. Genus Crino affine. NV. ab"vhy sylva. 
+H: Gardneriana. Folia subpedalia viridia glabra utrinque attenuata, 
scapus 14-uncialis, spatha bivalvis bracteata circiter triflora pedunculos 
circiter unciales superans, germen $-unc, limbus albus laciniis angustis 
6-uncialibus stigma minutum obtusum superantibus.—Spec. in sylvis 
siccis Ceare Braziliensis a Geo. Gardner lectum. Bulbus ovatus modi- 
eus vomnitorius et catharticus nondum in Europ floruit. W. H. 
The attention of Collectors should be called to a fine Tigridia-like 
plant, perhaps a Rigidella, found by Anprievx near the ice-house on 
the summit of the mountain San Felipe, in Oaxaca. W. H. 7 
_ Fig. 1. Inner, and f. 2, outer Sepal. 3. Pistil and Stamens. 4. Pollen. 5. Style. 
6. Capsule, f. 7, Seeds, nat. size :—the rest more or less magnified. 
