wards from above, yellowish; longer than the filaments and — 
limb ; stigma trifid ; anthers short, straight, rigid ; filaments 
Ce es ee oA a ee 
nsion ; and theirs is probably the true posture of the — 
ower. It flowered m July, in the green-house, at Spof- 
forth. This plant belongs to the group which stands under | 
the name Monella in our Appendix. We have described — 
it under the name Cyrtanthus agreeably to the wish ex- — 
pressed by the editor, —_ - ae that ~ mane, ae 
roperly belongs to Cyrtanthus Obliquus, Id be pre- | 
a ed to the cer division. We conceive, however, that 
where no great inconvenience’ results, plants improperly — 
added to a genus should be detached, under a new name, — 
and not supplant the species on which it was founded. This — 
species, however, brings Cyrtanthus and Monella nearer — 
together, being ribbed between the filaments, though its - 
ribs are straight ; whereas in C. obliquus they are oblique, — 
and coalesce, and the filaments inserted in them. The cha- 
racter above given, using the words infra faucem instead of — 
prope faucem, will include C. obliquus with Monella;. the 
main difference in C. obliquus, besides the oblique ribs, is, — 
the insertion of the filaments in the mid region of the tube, — 
which, in Monella (appendix), are inserted nearer to its 
mouth; and. we do uot feel quite satisfied that. either of — 
ore points furnishes an invariable generic character, a3_ 
e filaments are not inserted acai at the same depth — 
in all the species of Monella. Amongst the Amaryllidee — 
the insertion of the filaments within, or without, or at the — 
exact termination of the tube, the insertion equally , or al- — 
ternately, or at graduated depths, furnishes a decisive 
neric feature; but the greater or less distance from the 
mouth is indefinite, and may vary in different species. C. 
striatus: was imported from the Cape, by the late Mr. Lee, — 
and sold by him to many persons, labelled Amaryllis falcata, _ 
by the error of the collector. It was supposed'at first to 
be:a species of Vallota. Vatiora purpurea has'the capsule — 
oval hke Cyrtanthus. W. A. og oii} 84 
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