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Rowever, I know no authority. 4. C.—reticulata*. Bot; 
Mag. 5. C.—multiflora. Bot. Mag.1619. Josephine &c. 
above mentioned? Multiflora appears to coincide exactly 
with blanda, even in the specific form of the young germen. 
_ “ The Guernsey lily with its congeners forms a genus which 
I have named Gatatea. It seems to be confined to South 
Africa, for I totally discredit the notion of its being indige- 
nous in Japan. For the particulars of the genus and enume- 
meration of species, see Galatea rosea in the next number. 
“ There are but two known species, heretofore called Ama- 
ryllis, indigenous in Asia, (excepting those which belong to 
the genus Crinum) viz. aurea and radiata, Aurea forms a 
distinct genus, which I propose to call Lycoris. It has the 
_ stigma simple, tapering to a point, fimbriated all round the 
whole of its length, which is about five times its greatest 
width. Filaments and limb growing out of a short cylin- 
drical indivisible tube. Lacinia undulated. Germen 3-celled. 
Immature seeds roundish : mature seeds and capsule not seen. 
[In aurea 5 seeds in each cell ; when immature in two rows, 
with one singly at the top.] Filaments alternately longer ; 
the shortest attached to the outer laciniz. 
Enumeration of Species. 
“1. Lycoris aurea. 2. L.—? radiata. not sufficiently exa- 
‘mined. 3. L.—? hyacinthina. As hyactnthina belongs toa 
different hemisphere, it is not unlikely that it may be found to 
differ in the seeds from aurea, and to forma separate genus. 
It is distinguished from aurea by filaments shorter instead of 
longer than the limb ; the separation and erection of one fila- 
ment ; 2-seeded cells, and petiolated leaves ; but those are spe- 
‘tific differences, which all occur in the genus Crinum, and I 
_* If reticulata be really a native of Brasil, and not introduced there 
like some other plants from the coast of Africa, I conjecture that it will be 
found to form by itself a genus distinguishable from Coburgia by a com- 
plete union of he outer laciniz to the tube, and ron-alternation of the fila- 
ments: in which case I should separate it from Coburgia under the name 
of Leopoldia reticulata, and consider the white-lined sort as a separate 
Species, viz. striatifolia. Iam unable to state whether the filaments of 
reticulata are alternate or not, whicgh would decide at once whether it be a 
Coburgia or distinct genus, Hi, 
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