fiowered for the first time in June. In the definition of the. 
genus Zephyranthes in the Botanical Register, under the 
article above quoted, we find “‘ Perianthium verticale.” It 
is however stated in the same article, that the flowers 
“have a vertical, or nearly vertical position.” As far_ 
as our observations extend, the flowers in this genus are 
always nearly vertical, but never actually so. In our 
first definition of the genus, in the Appendix, we stated, 
that the germen and tube were not continued in a straight 
line from the peduncle. In the character of the genus in 
this article we have used the word suberecti, which will 
be more correct than verticales. The capsule is vertical, 
and the germen becomes so when the seed begins to set. 
The anthers are not attached at the base and erect, but 
attached below the middle and sloped. W. H. | 
a. The ripe and bursting capsule. 
b.. A ripe seed. 
