and in the place of insertion of its fertile ones : it is also distinguishable by 

 the want of hypogynous scales, which, although not much developed in 

 Br. congesta, undoubtedly exist in Br. grandiflora, where, however, they 

 have been overlooked by Dr. Hooker in the Botanical Magazine, both in 

 his figure and description. The two other species above alluded to as 

 having been found by Mr. M'Rae at the same time with this, were 



1. L. ixioides ; foliis linearibus glaucescentibus, limbi laciniis oblongis laciniaiis subaequali- 

 bus, staminibus sterilibus fusiformibus, pedunculis aiqualibus tubo duplo longioribus. 



Brodiaea ixioides. Bot. mag. 



2. L. alliacea ; foliis linearibus , limbi laciniis erectis acuminatis subaequalibus, 



staminibus sterilibus clavatis, pedunculis valde inaequalibus : longioribus capillaribus. 



Brodiffia alliacea. Miers^s travels. 



Nearly related to Brodisea are two other unpublished genera, to which 

 Dr. Hooker has made allusion in the Botanical Magazine. They are both 

 characterised by the upper stamens or those opposite the corolline segments 

 of the perianthium being fertile ; but they differ from each other in the 

 position and form of their stamina, and in the form of their perianthium. 



One of these is marked in Mr. Douglas's papers Triteleia, which we 

 suspect is a name furnished to him by Dr. Hooker. It may be characterised 

 thus : — 



Triteleia. 



Perianthium hypocrateriforme, cum pedicello continuum, limbo 6-partito. Stamina 6, 

 fertilia ; tribus e fauce ante lacinias corollinas, tribus e tubo alternis. Squama hypo- 

 gynae nuUae. Ovarium pedunculatum, 3-loculare, polyspermum ; stylus trigonus, cum 



ovario continuus ; stigmata tria Herbas {Austro- et Boreali-Americancs) cormis indu. 



viatis. Flores umhellati. 



1. T. hivalvis ; foliis linearibus scapo (palmari) erecto duplo longioribus, involucri 

 diphylli foliolis latis foliaceis erectis, staminibus superioribus infra faucem exortis. 



Found by Mr. M'Rae at the baths of Collina, near St. Jago in Chile, at the limits 

 of the snow. 



2. T. uniflora ; foliis linearibus scapo (pedali) debili subsequalibus, involucro vagi- 

 nante apice bifido pedunculo filiformi duplo breviore, umbella 1 -flora, staminibus supe- 

 rioribus infra faucem exortis. 



Found in Mendoza by Dr. Gillies, to whom we are indebted for a specimen. 



3. T. grandiflora ; foliis linearibus glaucis scapo erecto (2-pedali) brevioribus, in- 

 volucro triphyllo patente membranaceo, umbella congesta 5-6-flora, staminibus superioribus 

 supra faucem exortis, linea elevata ad basin tumida e filamentis tubum decurrente. 



Found in North-west America by Mr. Douglas. It is growing in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it flowers in July. 



The other genus, which is the Brodisea grandiflora of Nuttall, but not of 

 Smith, is very nearly related to Allium, on which account it may be called 

 Hesperoscordum. It serves to establish a transition from the tubular-flowered 

 to the hexapetalous genera of Asphodelese, and is unquestionably no Millea, 

 as has been supposed. The following is its essential character : 



Hesperoscordum. 



Perianthium campanulatum, 6-fidum, cum pedicello articulatum : laciniis calycinis 

 acuminatis carinatis, corollinis obtusis. Stamina 6, fertiha, filamentis dilatatis mem- 

 branaceis aequalibus e fauce exortis. Squama hypogynse nullae. Ovarium sessile, tri- 

 loculare, polyspermum ; stylus teres, cum ovario articulatus ; stigma simplex. Capsula 

 3-locularis, 3-valvis, polysperma, valvis medio septiferis. Semina nigra, angulata, sub- 



Crustacea Flores umbellati. Herba {Boreali-Americana) cormis induviatis. Flores 



umbellati. 



Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum. 

 Brodiaea grandiflora. Nuttall gen. 215. 



Native of the plains of the Missouri and of the north-west of America, in which last 

 country it was found by Mr. Douglas. 



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