and, having flowered beautifully in May and June, they per- 

 fected good seed in July. Whether or not it will be the 

 better to take up the bulbs to be dried in summer and reset in 

 the autumn, is not yet ascertained ; but it will probably not 

 be necessary. 



Ixiolirion Tataricum is distinguished from montanum by 

 expanded rotate flowers, not tubularly closed in the lower 

 part, and circinate anthers, and is confined to the Altaic 

 region, while montanum extends from k^yria to the southern 

 part of Songaria. Dr. Fischer has named it I. Ledebouri. 

 referring to Amaryllis Tatarica, Led. Fl. Altaica, but the 

 plant had been previously figured, Herb. Am. pi. 19- & pi- 20. 

 f. 1., as Ixiolirion Tataricum from Altaic specimens, of which 

 Dr. Fischer is now aware. — W. H. 



