and referred it, among “ species dubiz,” to his new genus Jdo- 
thea, although the structure of the sepals (inferne in tubum 
campanulatum) is quite at variance. Our materials will hardly 
justify us in forming a new genus. 
Duscr. The éu/és are stoloniferous, reminding one of the 
pseudobulbs of many epiphytal Orchidaceous plants, thickened 
or tuberous at the base, and coated with large, broad, leafy, 
rather lax, brown scales, from within which the Zeaves, three to 
five to each plant, arise ; they are almost a span long, broad, 
lanceolate, quite glabrous, tapering below, there becoming di- 
lated, sheathing at the very base. Scape shorter than the leaves, 
— erect, bracteated, purple. Raceme erect, ovate, many-flowered. 
Pedicels (as well as the rachis) pale green, straight, spreading, 
about three-quarters of an inch long, bearing a dracteole half 
their length at the base. /V/owers white, scentless, small. Se- 
pals six, oblong, obtuse, spreading, quite free to the base, every 
alternate one with a depression or cavity at the apex (as in so 
many true Albucas). Stamens six, perfect, hypogynous, alter- 
nate with the sepals; ji/aments naked, subulate ; anthers long, 
oblong, yellow. Ovary subrotund, gradually tapering into a 
three-furrowed style. Stigma obtuse. 
Fig. 1, Flower and pedicel. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
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