long as the leaves, erect, terete, terminated by a bracteated 
Umbel of from six to eight very handsome flowers. Brac- 
tee small, soon becoming membranous and withered. Pe- 
duncles an inch and a half long, and about equal in length 
with the flower, spreading. Perianth tubular below, where 
it is green, with six elevated brown lines, upwards expand- 
ing mto six spreading, lanceolate, bright purplish - blue 
segments. The throat or faux has three stamens, whose 
anthers are oblong, yellow, opening at the sides, and the 
filaments winged and short ; and alternating with these are 
three lanceolate, or rather linear-oblong, very obtuse, white 
and entire, somewhat fleshy scales, or abortive anthers ; 
their bases unite with the bases of the filaments, which 
thus, to a certain degree, are monadelphous. Pollen of the 
anthers oblong, diaphanous. Germen obovate, attenuated 
at the base into a stalk, three-lobed upwards: Style fili- 
a not reaching beyond the stamens, white: Stigma 
trifid.. 
A beautiful plant, and well worthy of bearing the name 
of so great a patron of Botany as the late James Broprz, 
Esq. It was first found by Mr. Menzies in 1792, in New 
Georgia, on the North-west coast of America, and recently 
by Mr. Doveras and Dr. Scouter at Puget, Fort Van- 
couver, and throughout the dry plains West of the Rocky 
Mountains. By the former of these travellers, bulbs have 
been introduced to the gardens of the Horticultural Society, 
which flourished, and blossomed in July, 1828, planted in 
the open border, and im a peat soil. | 
Mr. Doveras has examined the Missouri Hyacinth of 
Lewis, which is the authority for Pursu’s and Nurrat.’s 
Bropiaa grandiflora, and clearly ascertained it to be a very 
distinct plant, having six perfect stamens. Beautiful spe- 
cimens of this plant, gathered also by Mr. Doveuas, prove, 
that it is anew species of Mittea of Cavaninies, and scarce- 
ly differing from Bropiaa, but in the presence of six perfect 
stamens. Stilla third genus allied to them is in Mr. Dove- 
Las’s rich collection, having six stamens, placed in two rows, 
three higher up on the perianth and large, and three lower 
down and small: and by no means monadelphous. 
Fig. 1. Flower, two of the Segments being cut away to show the position 
of the Stamens and Seales. 2. Flower cut open. 3. Back view of a Stamen- 
4. Front view of ditto Magnified. 
