with a greenifh-yellow, efpecially on the inner fide; furrounded — 
at the bafe of their pedicles by a fcariofely membranous bi- 
valved acuminate /pathe ; corolla funnelform-campanulate ;— 
tube fhort, about equal to the germen, melliferous, crowned — 
by a fhort membranous pencilwife-jagged garland or ring; 
limb fix-parted, fubbilabiately irregular ; /egments unguiculate, 
recurvedly divergent ; /amine-lanceolate-oblong and not much 
broader than ugues, which converge turbinately towards the — 
tube, outer ones rather the broadeft and tipped with a fmall 
flefhy inwardly barbed fubulate macro ; ftamens fafciculate, 
declined-affurgent, about one-fourth fhorter than limb, alter-_ 
nate ones confiderably the fhorteft, all adnate to the hollow of 
the tube; anthers linear-oblong, incumbent, balancing; fyle 
equal to the longer ftamens, fubtriquetral, clavately thickened — 
upwards ; ftigmas three, compreffed-linear, recurved-patent. 
‘A’ native of Chili; and till now, we believe, an entire 
firanger to our European gardens. Although defcribed and 
figured in Feuriyee’s Journal, it has not been arranged 10 
any of the fyftematic records of vegetation ;. nor-had it before 
received a fpecific name. - ~ e 
Our drawing was made from a fpecimen, the produce of 
_ bulbs, brought by Mr. Brannpt from South-America; and 4 
given by him to Meffrs, Lez and Kennepy,: with whom it — 
flowered laft May, at their Nurfery, Hammerfmith. The - 
whole plant is void of fcent. Requires to be kept in the ath 
