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IXIOLIRION montanum. 

 Mountain Ixla-lily. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllidace,^. Divisio, Caulescentes. 



IXIOLIRION. Cormiis tunicKtxis. Caidis foliifer pedunculis axillaribus 

 et tei-minalibus bractealis. Perianthmm sexfidum anguste iufmidibuliforme 

 superue reflexe patens. Filamenta recta. Antherce parte inferiore affixee 

 rectse serius versatiles. Stylus rectus. Cupsula oblonga cliartacea vix oper- 

 culata. Semina testa nigra. Habitat montes Syria, Fersice septentrio- 

 nalis, ^c. — \V. H. 



I. montanum ; cormo nuciformi tunicis duris membranaceis obscure brunneis ; 

 foliis amplexicaulibus profunde canaliculatis acuminatis 6-1 1-uncialibus 

 f unc. latis glaucis ; caule subsesquipedali bracteis foliiformibus gra- 

 datim minoribus inferne alteruis superne ssepius oppositis pedunculis 

 axillaribus 1-3-floris; germine viridi declinato, perianthio If unc. satu- 

 rate coeruleo-purpurascente laciniis inferne plils minus subalbescentibus, 

 capsula oblonga trisulca sulco nervato, loculis extus dorso trinervi rotun- 

 dato, operculo brevissimo dehiscente dissepimento axe persistenter 

 3-apiculato, seminibus suberectis vix biseriatis testa nigra ultra hilum 

 attenuate producta angulate oblongis clialaza rugosa depressa hili puncto 

 albescente. — TF. H. 



Ixiolirion montanum, Herhert Append. Herb. Amaryll. 125. 



Amaryllis montana, Red. Lil. 241. Labill. Syr. dec. 2. p. 5. t. 1. 



Amaryllis tatarica, Pallas, vol. 3. D. (fide Fischeri in litt.) 



This long-desired and very ornamental plant was sent to 

 Spofforth by the kindness of J. Cartwright, Esq. He re- 

 ceived it at Constantinople from Colonel Shiel, who with equal 

 kindness exerted himself to discover it, where it was found, 

 on the hills in the neighbourhood of Teheran. The bulbs 

 are very remarkable, looking rather like large nuts with a 

 dark chocolate-coloured smooth coat. When they are ready 

 to vegetate, the fibres prepare to burst out at bottom with the 

 same appearance as those of a tulip. The plants are perfectly 

 hardy ; for, having produced leaf in the autumn, and their 

 growth having been encouraged by the unusual mildness of 

 the first portion of the winter, they were not in the least dis- 

 coloured by the snow and the very severe frosts of February ; 



