posed, nor a Helonias as Professor Don has imagined, but a 

 quite distinct genus of Melanthaceae, differing from both 

 those genera and from all others with which it is necessary 

 to compare it, in the segments of the perianthium having a 

 nectarifluous excavation at the base. Independently of this 

 it differs from Helonias and Xerophyllum in having clypeo- 

 late anthers, from Amianthium in its short stamens, and 

 from Schoenocaulon in its whole habit. 



In cultivation it is a half-hardy bulb, growing about 

 four or five feet high in any strong rich soil, and flowering 

 in September or October. It requires the same treatment as 

 Tigridia pavonia. 



Fig. 1. is a flower magnified; 2. one of the sepals; 

 3.4. different views of the anther ; 5. the ovary ; 6. a ripe 

 fruit; 7. a seed. 



