Botanica was made, from a plant which flowered at hisnur- | 
sery, with the corolla, eight inches long, without any red | 
stripe. Our sketch of var 8, was taken from a bulb § 
imported by Mr. Lez, from Brazil, which flowered, in the 
Spofforth collection, with flowers, measuring from nine to | 
ten and a half inches. That with the purple tube, figured | 
in the Bot. Reg. and var. «, both from Maranham, have also _ 
flowered at Spofforth ; variety y, flowered in Mr. Carruty’s 
collection, at East Barnet. The flowers of this fine species 
have a general resemblance to those of Lixrum japonicum. 
The graduated insertion of the filaments in the tube, which - 
is one of the most important features of the genus, is strik- 
ingly conspicuous in this species, of which the lower side of 
the tube is abbreviated by a full inch. The view of its 
tube and filaments, given in the Collectanea Botanica, as 2 
dissection, does not shew either the obliquity of the tube,.or 
the insertion of the filaments. The tube, though shorter 
than the limb, is longer in proportion in this, than in any 
other known species. The bulbs thrive freely im the stove, 
and flower upon a shelf. Mules have been produced a! | 
Spofforth by its pollen, from H. stylosum, H. pulverulentum, 
and H. regine-vittatum. W.H. : 
ie. 
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Reference to the figure of the dissection. 
_ 4. Section of the upper part of the tube, shewing the graduated inset” 
tion and the length of the filaments. N. B. The two ieetil filaments, which 
adhere to the portion of the tube which is cut away, to give a view-of the 8 
side, correspond in length and insertion with the opposite laterals 4. and ¢. 
