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PHYC^LLA* Herbertiawtt. 

 Mr. Herbert's Phycella. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllide^. 



PHYCELLA Lindl. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 928.— Perianthium sub- 

 ringens, convoluto-clausum, 6-partitum : tubo brevissimo. Stamina 6, 

 declinata, fauce tubi inserta ; alternis brevioribus; nunc basi appendiculata, 

 nunc intra annulum fimbriatum inserta, nunc appendicibus annuloque 

 destituta. Stylus declinatus ; stigma simplex, incrassatum. Capsula tri- 



locularis, polysperma, seminibus atris planis membranaceis. Plantse 



bulbosse Americce australis temperatce, floribus rubris purpureisve, integu- 

 mentis bulborum atris. 



P. Herbertiandi ; foliis linearibus recurvis, umbella triflora, perianthio arcuato : 

 laciniis acutis, staminibus basi inappendiculatis intra annulum faucis 

 • fimbriatum insertis. 



Bulbus integumentis extcrioribus atris, collo longissi?no subtcrraneo (in 

 spontanea 4i uncias longo). Folia linearia, recurva, scapo crccto, tereti 

 mullh breviora. Umbella trifiora, bracteis spathaceis binis pedunculorum 

 longitudine. Perianthium rubro-purpureum, subarcuatum, fere duas uncias 

 longum, laciniis acutis, ringentibus. Stamina declinata, alterna breviora, 

 basi tubi intra annulum fimbriatum inserta, appendicibus nullis. Stylus 

 declinattis,filiformis; stigma simplex, incrassatum. 



A native of Cumbre, a pass in the Andes between 

 Valparaiso and Santiago, where it was found by Mr. M'Rae, 

 in November 1825, flowering in company with many other 

 curious and beautiful plants. It appears, from his speci- 

 mens, to have vegetated in a deep black soil, and to have 

 had its bulbs buried at least four or five inches below the 

 surface. 



* The origin of this word is <pZ>co?, a purple pigment, and refers to the 

 prevailing colour of the flowers of the genus. The species is named in 

 compliment to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, whose acquaintance with 

 the beautiful tribe to which this belongs is unequalled. 



