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SPREKELIA cybister, v. brevis. 

 llie Tumbler Spi^ekelia, shorter-jiowered variety. 



HEXANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^ : subord. Amaryllidk^, Hippeastri- 



FORMES 



SPREKELIA. Perianthium decliuatum, basi aunulavi inferne abbre- 

 viate vix tubato; jilmnenta fasciculata decliuata labio iuferiore prope basin 

 comprehensa. Herbert in litt. 



Sprekelia cybister ; scapo circiter 4-o-floro, gennine pedunculato cubante, 

 perianthio laciniis inferne latis intus pallid^ striatis snperne auguatatis 

 labio inferiore precipitate apicibus reflexis, sepalis margine involuto re- 

 flexis duobus inferioribus inferne oblique latere superiore dilatatis, pe- 

 talis superioribus subplanis apice tortuose demisso, petalo imo scapum 

 attingente, membrana fauciali barbata, stigmate parvo trilobo, filamentis 

 cum stylo apice subassurgente precipitatis, e sepalinis superiore elon- 

 gate, e petalinis inferiore abbi'eviato, foliis hysteranthiis linearibus cir- 

 citer semunciam latis, bulbo ovato fusco. Herbert in litt. 



V. 1 . subsexuncialis ; perianthio rubro superne subvirescente, quadriflora. 



V. 2. brevis ; flore subquadrunciali, quinqueflora. W. H. 



Hippeastrum anomalum. Lindl. in Hort. 



" The sketch of the plant here represented was made 

 from a Bolivian bulb, which flowered in the nursery of Mr. 

 Knight in the King's Road, Chelsea, and is evidently a 

 variety of the same species as the longer-flowered plant which 

 has lately flowered at Spoffbrth, and has been there named 

 the Tumbler, from the very singular precipitation of the buds 

 in their progress towards expansion, and the final perpen- 

 dicular posture of the lower lip of the flower. The flower 

 conforms closely with that of Sprekelia formosissima, diff^ering 

 from Hippeastrum in one conspicuous and decisive feature, 

 namely, the marked separation of the lower from the uppef 

 lip, and its base closely embracing the fasciculate filaments 

 and style. The true and original Hippeastrum aulicum 

 differs from all others in the filaments being a little pinched 

 by the base of the lower petal, which is a small feature of 



