ZEPHYRANTHES verecunda, though of much smaller stature, 
comes very near indeed to Zepuyrantues Atamasco ; the 
tube distinguishes it at once from tubispatha. Its foliage 
is narrower and thicker than that of Atamasco, and some- 
times spirally twisted. The flower, which was white at first, 
had begun to fade before it reached our draughtsman, and, 
consequently, had assumeda more erect posture than belongs 
to the genus, when the corolla is in its first perfection. 
The three filaments belonging to the outer petals are 
shortest, and their anthers aitiched nearer the middle than 
the other anthers. 
ZEPHYRANTHEs may be looked upon as the Crocus of hot 
countries. We learn from Dr. Carey, that Z. tubispatha 
and the hybrid Hirrzastrum splendens, sent to him by us 
a few years ago, have multiplied so prodigiously, that they 
now form the ornament of most gardens near Calcutta. 
W. H. 
