leaves, so that the excellent Steven has been induced to constitute 
three species ; but neither do our authentic specimens, nor indeed 
the descriptions of Steven, show any tangible specific distinctions, 
and they are not adopted by succeeding botanists. Boissier has 
indeed referred the Asphodelus Persicus of Jaubert and Spach 
(Ill. Pl. Or. vol. 2. t. 102) to the genus Hremurus ; but the la- 
mented Dr. Stocks rightly observes, in his notes on specimens 
which he found in Scinde, “Hane plantam sub Hremuro potius 
quam Asphodelo militare non solum ex antherz, filamenti, stig- 
matisque characteribus (a cl. Bossiero enumeratis) patet,—sed 
etiam ex ovulis in ovarii loculis 4—6 seminibusque membrana 
laxa ad angulos alato-prominente testamque nigram tegente pre- 
ditis.” Walpers enumerates it twice over under Hremurus and 
— under Asphodelus. Boissier’s #. Aucheriana does not seem to 
_ be truly different from spectabilis. It produces its long racemes 
of sulphur-yellow flowers, with large bright orange-coloured an- 
thers, in the month of June. 
Descr. Root perennial, of several thick, fleshy, descending fasci- 
culated fibres. Leaves all radical, from six inches to a foot long, 
and from half an inch to two inches in width, linear-ligulate, 
-glaucous-green, moderately channelled and obscurely keeled, 
Sheathing at the base. Scapes three to four times as long as the 
leaves (including the raceme), erect, terete, striated, bracteated. 
Ltaceme elongated, subcylindrical, many-flowered. Flowers erect 
in bud, patent when fully expanded. Bracteas subulate, gene- 
rally shorter than the pedicels, which latter are about an inch 
long. Perianth divided to the very base, with six ovato-elliptical, 
spreading, sulphur-coloured sepals, slightly tinged with orange. 
Stamens six. Filamenis rather longer than the sepals, orange- 
coloured in their lower half. Anthers oblong, deep orange. 
Ovary globose. Style subulate. Stigma a mere point. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil:—magnified. 
