first red, fading to a paler and greenish tint ; spathe red, 
one inch and quarter long; peduncle about one and half. 
long, very pale green; germen green ; corolla two inches 
long, red in the early bud, fading before the expansion to_ 
white, tinged with pink chiefly towards the tips of the 
outer petals ; the upper exterior petal 33 wide, exterior 
laterals 12, interior laterals 3, lowest interior 32; a red 
stripe three-quarter long on each side the midrib of each 
petal near the base, the lower part of the midrib greenish; 
membrane closing the tube, bearded, or dentate, and less 
massive than in H. gracilifolius ; stamens and style white; 
the latter an inch and quarter long ; lobes of the stigma 
one-quarter long, fimbriated; anthers and pollen golden. 
The bulb was imported from Maldonado, in S. America, 
and flowered at Spofforth in January, the leaves having 
decayed in the summer. It is not less hardy than Hasrav- 
tHus gracilifolius; but the flowering of both species is 
promoted by artificial heat while the bulbs are at rest: on 
close inspection it appears that there is a fourfold diversity 
of the petals, as above stated, in this species, and probably 
the same difference, will, on re-examination, be found to 
exist in H. gracilifolius, though in a less degree: in this di- 
versity of the petals Hasrantuus agrees with HirreasTRuM, 
but the diversity of its filaments follows a different rule. 
Our prediction that “ species will, perhaps, be found here- 
after, in which the membrane may be less massive,” has 
been quickly verified ; nor should we be surprised at the 
appearance of a species with the tube perfectly smooth. 
We have consequently made a slight alteration in the 
generic character. In the characters of Lycoris and Py- 
ROLYRION in the Appendix, we did not notice the membrane 
in Lycoris aurea and Pyrotyrion flammeum, because We 
had not the means of ascertaining whether its conformation 
was similar in all the species of their respective genera, 
which were sufficiently defined by other features. W. H. 
rc = een ——— 
ERRATUM: 
In the generic character of Gastronema supra 2291; 
for Tubus intus brevis, read Tubus intus levis: 
