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six segments of a Nui'cissiis, t. 17, 275 and 

 576, constitute the Calyx, and then surely 

 what Jussieu calls a Crown,/. 1476, and Lin- 

 naeus a Nectary, must be allowed the name 

 of Corolla. On the other hand, the Spniha 

 becomes a Bractea. Consequently the whole 

 order of Liliaceous flowers in general have a 

 coloured Calyx only, which seems hardly 

 admissible ; and yet I cannot conceal a re- 

 cent discovery which strongly confirms the 

 opinion of my acute and candid friend. Two 

 species of a new genus *, found by Mr. Men- 

 zies on the West coast of North America, 

 have beautiful liliaceous flowers like an Aga- 

 panthus, vi'ith. three internal petals besides! 

 Tulbaghia is a similar instance. I must how- 

 ever protest against the idea of the Corolla 

 originating exclusively from the inner bark, 

 as well as of the cuticle not bing continued 

 over it, for reasons sufticiently apparent from 

 the former part of this work. 



It is a Linnican rule that the Stamens 

 should be opposite to tlie segments of the 

 Calyx, and alternate with the parts of the 



* [ have lately, in a paper to the LinnKati Society, 

 named this gcaus Brodicea in honour of James Brodie, 

 i:sq. F.L.S, 



