THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 3 



A companion species to the fairy lily is a pure white flow- 

 ered form, Zephyranthes Candida, native of the marshes along 

 the La Plata. It is not a mere albino form of carinata or rosea 

 but may be distinguished from these by the possession of a 

 capitate stigma. The others have a three-lobed stigma. A 

 yellow-flowered species Z. Tcxana may occasionally be had but 

 no recent catalogue that we have consulted contains it. There 

 are several other species in the warmer parts of the world and 

 one Z. atamasco grows wild as far north as Virginia, and still 

 farther if protected in winter. It may be added that certain 

 botanists have recently attempted to change the generic name 

 of the fairy lilies to Atamosco. The species of eastern America 

 which is commonly called the atamasco lily would in the new 

 terminology be called Atamosco atamasco (both terms are cor- 

 rectly spelled) but we are thankful that no law obliges us to 

 call it that! 



