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* XSMENE virescens. 

 Stalk-flowered Ismene. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. Ord. Amaryllidace^e. 

 ISMENE. Botanical Register, vol. 20. t. 1665. 



I. virescens; foliis lsete viridibus erectiusculis acutis basi long& vaginantibus, 

 scapo ancipiti, ovario brevi-pedunculato, tubo laciniis subsequali, coronse 

 lobis petalis brevioribus rotundatis dentatis. 



This plant flowered last July in the garden of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, having been received among other bulbs 

 from Cusco, where it was found by Mr. Pentland. It appears 

 to be very nearly allied to Mr. Herbert's I. pedunculata, but 

 the tube is longer, there are no green stripes upon the coronet, 

 and the leaves do not appear less sheathing at the base than 

 in /. Amancaes. 



The flowers, although greenish white, have an agreeable 

 lemon-like fragrance. 



The following are Mr. Herbert's directions for the cultiva- 

 tion of the species of Ismene ; 



" Absolute rest in winter is essential to this genus, which 

 delights in very light sandy soil ; its cultivation is easy when 

 those two requisites are observed. Amancaes seems to thrive 

 best in pure white sand, at least in the vicinity of the bulb. 

 I have floAvered it in the open ground by putting a pot full 

 of white sand with the bulbs into the border. Calathina is 

 less particular as to soil, and pedunculata is hardier than 

 either, vegetates in a lower temperature, and flags sooner in 

 hot weather. They should be planted in a border of light 

 compost in April, and the bulbs must be taken up when the 

 leaf is cut by frost in November or sooner, without breaking 



* See folio 1665. 



