tremity, all of them nearly equal in height, the three outer 

 ones oblong, of a deep but not very bright red, acute ; the 

 three inner more delicate in texture, broadly-spathulate, 

 orange-coloured; all of them with a deep red spot at the tip. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla : Filaments pale reddish- 

 purple : Anthers oblong, bluish-purple. Germen inferior, 

 turbinate, triangular, downy; Style straight, filiform, green- 

 ish-white, thickened at the base, at the extremity terminated 

 by a trifid stigma. Capsule remarkably depressed, turbi- 

 nate, opening at the top by three valves, each of which 

 bears a septum, and each septum has two seeds attached on 

 either side of it, of a bright scarlet colour. 



For this beautiful species of Alstrcemeria our gardens are 

 indebted to Mr. Otto of Berlin, who transmitted plants to 

 the Botanic Gardens, both of Edinburgh and Liverpool ; and 

 from specimens that have flowered in both those establish- 

 ments, the present figure and description have been made. 



It inhabits Mexico, where it was discovered by M. Deppe, 

 who is now most successfully exploring that interesting 

 region, as a Botanist. 



In our stoves it has flowered in the months of August and 

 September. 



Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil. 3. Inner Petal. 4. Outer Petal : more or 

 less magnified. 5. Capsule, nat. size. 



