at tlie base of tlie petaline filaments {fig. A.) ; in P. atte- 

 nuata, which is also very like P. brevituba, the processes are 

 rudimentary and gland-like {fig- l-)- 



I received fine specimens of P. ignea last December from 

 Mr. Ingram, of High Street, Southampton, and from their 

 striking resemblance to P. brevituba in every thing except 

 size, and the slight difference above described in the petaline 

 filaments, I can hardly doubt that the two species are fre- 

 quently confounded. It may indeed be questioned whether 

 they are really distinct. 



Fig. 1. represents a longitudinal section of P. attenuata, 

 taken from a specimen that flowered in Mr. Knight's Nur- 

 sery ; the lower part of the tube is forced open, so as to have 

 an appearance of distension by no means natural to it, in 

 order to shew distinctly the interior, with the bases of the 

 stamens, a. is the base of the flower of P. ignea, with the 

 sepals and petals cut away. b. is the base of a sepaline 

 filament of P. brevituba, shewing the processes. 



In Mr. Herbert's Monograph of Amaryllidaceae, the cultivator will 

 find a multitude of invaluable directions as to the proper management of 

 that beautiful tribe of plants; and vehat renders such remarks the more 

 acceptable to the horticultural world, is their being invariably the result 

 of long personal experience. The following memorandum upon the habits 

 and consequent treatment of Phycclla, may be taken as an example :— 



" Some years ago I planted three species of Phycella out of doors in 

 front of a green-house, throwing a small heap of sawdust over them in 

 winter. In that situation one of them flowered early in the summer, and 

 they go to rest in the hot dry season. They are tempted by mild weather 

 to push their leaf in the winter, in which case they suffer injury from 

 severe frosts that may ensue, thouEjh they will endure a good deal ; and 

 their habit is to flower after the leaf has acquired its growth before they 

 go to rest. The Phycellas have been found difficult to cultivate, because 

 they have been often set in peat, though they grow naturally in a sandy 

 or strong soil on a dry rocky substratum, and proper rest has not been 

 allowed them. They should be planted in light soil well drained, and be 

 left dry from the moment their leaves show a disposition to wither, till 

 the bulbs on examination show a disposition to push out fresh fibres at 

 their base. The old fibres in this genus seem always to perish before the 

 plant vegetates again ; it cannot therefore be injurious, and may be ad- 

 vantageous, to take the bulbs out of the ground when the leaves perish, 

 and set ihem again when they are disposed to move. They will be best 

 preserved while at rest in dry sand. I consider that Phycellas should 

 begin to grow in February, and go to rest in August. If the leaf endures 

 later than August, they should have six months rest before they are 

 watered again. A sunny aspect, at the foot of a south wall, appears to suit 

 them." 



