are tipped with red when young, and we perceive no differ- 
ence in. the flowers. The bulbs require complete rest in 
winter. The filaments, which correspond with the outer 
petals, are furnished with two little awl-shaped processes, 
adhering to their base, at the mouth of the tube. They 
appear to us to be modifications of the membrane, like 7 
the beard in Hippeastrum, and we think it very doubtful 
whether species will not be found in which they will be 
wanting, and we cannot agree with Mr. Linptey, who calls 
them six sterile additional filaments, and gives them a most 
important place as such, in the generic character. For the 
same reason, we did not mention in our appendix, the pro- 
cesses or modifications of the membrane in Lycoris aurea, 
and in genus Pyroleirion, because we could not rely upon 
them as generic features. 
Puycetta belongs to the division Hippeastriformes (see 
Amaryllidearum synopsis, supra 2606*) and will stand be- 
tween Zephyranthes and Clinanthus. In the Coll. Bot. 
Mr. Linptey quoted Clinanthus luteus, as a synonym to 
_ Chlidanthus fragrans, and the editor. of the Bot. Reg. fol- 
lowing him, accused us of having mm 2 two genera of one 
plant. Clinanthus luteus (Panc. lutewm, Pavon in Herb. 
Lambert.) is, however, quite distinct from Chlid. fragrans, 
in proof of which, we deposited our specimen of the latter, 
in Mr. Lameert’s herbarium, where the difference has been 
fully recognized. We may take this opportunity of obser- 
ving, that we were also unjustly accused (Bot. Reg. p. 611.) 
of having mistaken particles of pollen, for fimbriz on the 
stigma of Lycoris aurea. The representation in our ap- ~ 
pendix is, however, perfectly correct : we have re-examined 
the plant, and the fimbriz are visible even to the naked eye, 
looking like fine down. Amarytuts Cyrtanthoeides (supra 
2399), is, undoubtedly, a Phycella; our specimen was evi- — 
dently in a sickly state, and we cannot now distinguish it — 
from ignea, var.a. W. H 
a, The flower with the laciniz stripped off. 5. section the inside of the tube 
and the bristles. c. the inside of one cell, d. particle of pollen magnified. 
_ é, one of the bristles magnified, no ways resembling a filament. 
