pofite pairs; two lower ones about four inches long, linear- 
oblong, fomewhat vertical, blunt, upper ones acuminate, gra- 
dually fhorter, much narrower; {tem about a foot high, round, 
nodding upwards. Flower one, nearly twice {maller than thofe 
of meleagris, emitting a°difagreeable rank {cent if {melt clofe 
to; corolla thickifh, leathery, not corrugately chequered, 
fubcylindric-campanulate, ‘recurved upwards, fummits of the 
petals glandularly thickened, external ones acutely cuneate, 
nearly twice the narroweft, inner ones obovately cuneate, all 
on the outfide of a dark dull. fomewhat purplifh liver-colour 
fuffufed with a glaucous bloom, the chequering nearly obfo- 
Jete; on the infide of a fhining greenilh yellow, with clear, 
irregular purple chequering towards the middle ;_ the fix nec- 
tariferous piilets at the bottom of the peials nearly round, dark 
green; organs nearly equal, pale, twice fhorter than petals; 
anthers nearly equal to the filaments; ftigmas generally rather 
longer than ftyle ; germ about the length of both together. 
_ According to CLusius, a native of the Pyrenees. Flowers — 
rather later than meleagris ; -hardy, but is kept better in the’ 
pit with other alpine: plants, as we are informed by Meffrs. 
Gaimwoop and Wykes, of Kenfington, where our drawing 
was taken,-and who imported it from Holland 
We have feen what we take to be a hybrid of this and 
meleagris, with a larger flower, moreé cylindrical,-lefs recurved, 
with an oblong ne@ary, longer pittil, leaves ftill more alter- 
nate and oppofite:; \raifed probably by.the Dutch Gardeners: 
(@) which we. have.nat feen alive, feems only to differ in — 
number of leaves and flowers, hence need not be feparated 3 
the bulbs are larger than thofe of meleagris, Gy § : 
