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ZEPHYRANTHES ROSEA. ROSE-coLoRED 
ZEPHYRANTHES. 
Class and Order. 
Hrxanpkia Monoeynri. 
Generic Character. 
Scapus cavus. Germen suberectum. Flores semipa- 
tentes, suberecti. Lacinie alterne dispares...Tubus_arc- 
tus, angusté infundibuliformis. Stylus declinatus. Stigma 
trilobum: Filamenta laciniarum’ basi inserta; divaticata ; 
alterna disparia, superius sepissimé sejunctum. - Anthere 
infra medium affix. Capsula erecta, trivalvis, triloba, 
trisulca, trilocularis. Semina complanata biseriatim cumu- — 
lata, testa nigra. ; 
Plante Occidentales, bulbis parvulis ovatis, foliis line- 
arious, scapis 1—2-floris pedunculatis, spathis in unifloris. 
bilobis, in bifloris bifidis. 
Specific Character. 
ZEPRYRANTHES rosea ; foliis humifusis, glabris, apice rotun- 
datis, seapo unifloro 3—4-unciali longioribus; pedun- 
culo spatha unciali biloba subrubescente longiore, 
Viridi; germine et tubo brevibus viridibus; laciniis 
roseis, inferné viridibus; interioribus angustioribus et 
filamentis brevioribus appositis ; stylo robusto laciniis 
vix breviore, filamentis longiore ; stigmate lobis pa-_ 
agg antheris linearibus, suberecté incumben- 
1dus. 
Zernyranrues rosea. Bot. Reg. 821. 
Our specimen of this plant was produced in the stove at 
forth, in the first week of August. Bulbs found by 
':Gzorce Don, at the Havannah, were brought home by 
\ for the Horticultural Society, in whose one. 
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