seeds. All the stems produced at Spofforth are bifurcate, — 
with two bractes at the fork, and each limb terminates in | 
from three to six branches three or four incheslong, accom- — 
panied by about as many bractes ;. each branch bearing a 
terminal flower on a peduncle a little longer than the | 
spathe. The column, which in Tierivia pavonia is very — 
long, in this species is very short, the base of the anthers 
being almost in contact with the corolla: the pollen is 
borne upon their edges. The outer petals are not much 
unlike in form to those of T. pavonia; but the imner ones 
are most singularly curved inwards in the middle part, with — 
the upper part curved backwards, and the point reflected — 
under the flower so as almost to touch the germen. The 
form of the stigmas is not less singular; they are two-lobed, 
each lobe being trifid, the outer point shorter and obtuse ; 
the inner acuminate and horned, the third curved down- 
wards outwardly. The bulbs were planted in peat, and 
kept in the greenhouse, where they retained their leaves, 
during the winter, and were placed in the open air in May. 
They will probably thrive in the open border, if taken up 
in the winter. W.H. - 
We had prepared this article for the press under the 
name of T. ramosa, but having learnt from Mr. Liyptey, 
that he was about to describe the same species under the 
name Herberti, in compliment to the memory of the late 
Hon. and Rev. Gzorce Herzerr, deeply lamented by the 
many to whom he was dear, in whose conservatory a 
Burghclere it flowered for the first time in pinks om in the 
Autumn of 1824, we have not hesitated to adopt his name. 
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a. Represents the column with the anthers and stigmas a little magnified. 
6. one of the stigmas magnified. ¢, a seed of the natural size. 
