( 2404 ) 
 Hasrantius Gracitireriuvs. SLenper- 
. BEAVED Haspranravs. 
See baaek 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Menocynta. 
Generic Character. 
_ Spatha integra apice bifido. Scapus 1-2 [pluri Basch 
pedunculatus, cavus. Germen a pedunculo declinatum, - 
oblongo-subturbinatum, subtrigonum, triloculare. Corolla 
campanulata. Tbus ‘brevis, campanulatus, membrana 
Be circumvallante clausus. Lacinig aiterne xquales, 
_ tere marginibus tubo imbricantibus. Stylus (uti fila- 
_ menia) dechnatus assurgenter curvatus. -Filamenta pariter 
_fembrana tubo connexa, quorum bo ggar discrepantia, 
_‘Stimum et infimum mediz longitudinis, infimum summo 
Ngius, Jateralia duo superiora longissima, inferiora duo 
sina. Anthere media parte annexe, incumbentes. 
Polien ut in ‘Zephyranthe, Hippeastri et Amaryllidis polline 
"unutius. Stigma trilobum. Semina non visa. ar 
Specific Character. 
fizrawnavs gracilifolius; bulbo oblongo, foliis subcylin- 
draceis, ‘scapo preecoce 8-unciali, corolla 14 unciali 
Pallidé purpureo-rubescente, tubo viridi membrana 
crassa viridi clausus, laciniis acutis, exteris semunciam, 
iternis $ une. latis, stylo filamentis longiore limbo 
breviore, antheris et polline luteis. JV. H. on 
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Disc. Buib oblong, ‘blackish; leaves four or five, 
fon Steen, very slender, cylindrical, with a channelled 
hea the inner side; scapes slender, seven or eight inches 
aot purplish near the base, appearing before the leaves, 
ding tes Spathe green, an inch and quarter long; pe- 
fi Steen, erect, two or two and half inches long ; 
te [perhaps more] scentless, closing at night Pal 
: , : panding 
