form the genus Stenomesson, which includes P. coccinenni> 
Fl. Perwo. and P. rubrum of Ruiz and Pavon in Mr. Lam- 
BERT’s Herbarium ; neither can they rank under the defini- 
tion of Chrysophiala in the Bot. Reg. The tube of P. 
recurvatum 1s a slender curved cylinder or syphon ; that of 
P. latifolium is short, and not constricted, unless at the 
mouth, and its filaments are sinuously curved. Neither of 
the plants have the general aspect or character of the genus 
to which P. flavum belongs. The capsules of recurvatum, 
and the s of latifolium are very unlike those of Sreno- 
MEsson ; both produce their scape from the midst of several 
leaves, and not after their decay; the form and character 
of the leaves and bulbs are not less dissimilar ; the bulb of 
latifolium being constructed with scales. We are per- 
suaded, that the most inexperienced eye would not refer 
' them to the same group ; and that whenever we obtain a 
more perfect knowledge of them, the difference will be 
found to be even greater than now appears. W. H. 
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ERRATUM. 
Hymenocauuis litoralis, No. 2621. In the fifth line from the end of the 
article, Carolinianum is printed by mistake for maritimum. We meant to 
say, that P. maritimum had been long cultivated in North and South America. 
Commas are also wanting after the words many-flowered and two-flowered in 
_the preceding sentence. W. H, 
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