bee 
Se 
which the upper three dip into the cup. The filaments of — 
Pancratium connive, and we have seen them dip in a broad- 
leaved variety of P. maritimum,; but those of Hymenocallis 
are lax and diffuse. The seeds of Pancratium are black 
and testaceous ; of Hymenocallis green, fleshy, and oblong. 
Seedlings of Hymenocallis come to maturity in a year or 
two, those of Ismene and Pancratium are very tedious and 
will not flower for many years. The figure of this plant in 
the Bot. Reg. is very inaccurate; the tube and the lobes of — 
the crown are improperly represented straight instead of 
curved. The curvature of its tube is, however, very decided, 
and forms an important generic feature. The species of 
Ismene are, 1. Amancaes; 2. calathina; 3. nutans ; which 
last is figured in this work, No. 1561, under the name of 
P. calathinum, which was afterwards corrected. It is also 
the P: narcissiflorum of Jacquin. We suspect the state- 
ment, that nutans came from Brazil, to be inaccurate. It 
was brought over from South Carolina by Fraser, under 
the name of P. fluitans. 1. Calathina comes from Brazil, 
Buenos Ayres, and Chili. The genus Ismene requires 
complete rest and drought in the winter; it thrives in the 
greenhouse, if not started too early in the season, better 
than in the stove: The leaves of Ismene calathina are 
blunter than those of Amancaes. W. H. 7 
a. The whole plant diminished. 6. a seed. 
————————— 
HABRANTHUS ADVENA. . 
' *OWe have flowered the Chilian A. advena, supra No. 1125, imported with 
_ Phycella ignea, and we are satisfied that it belongs to the genus Habranthus, 
- though it differs a little from the species of the Eastern coast. W.H. : 
