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stalk. The tiowets are large, and of a very deep red; the under pe- 

 tals are verv lar^e, and the whole floAver stands noddins; on one side 

 of the stalk, making a most beautiful appearance. It is a native of 

 South America. 



The fourth, or Mexican Lily, has the bulb of a green colour; the 

 scape round, and sub-compressed. The corolla scarlet, with a bot- 

 tom of a whitish green: the three outer petals reversed at the tip, 

 the three inner fringed at the base, the style red. The flower-stems 

 seldom rise more than one foot in height; each stem supports two, 

 three, or four flowers, rareh' more; they are large, and of a bright 

 copper-colour, inclining to red : the spathe, which covers the buds 

 before they open, divides into two parts to the bottom, standing on 

 each side the umbel of flowers, joined to the peduncles. It flowers 

 conslantl}' in the spring, M'hen it is placed in a very warm stove; and 

 is in beauty in February; those Mhich are in a moderate temperature 

 of air, flowering in !March or April. 



In the fifth the corolla is large, and of a blood-red, or purple- 

 colour, and there are three or four large bell-shaped, rather erect 

 flowers coming from each sheath. It is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



'J'he sixth, or Belladonna Lily, ditfers from the fourth species in 

 having the edges of the petals waved, and not reversed at the tip. 

 The scape is purple, sustaining from five to seven flowers, in shape 

 like the Common Red Lily, and nearly as large, but of a soft purple 

 colour, inclining to white on the inside toward the bottom, and hav- 

 ing an agreeable scent. It usually flowers about the end of Septem- 

 ber, or the beginning of October, in this climate; and if the roots 

 are strong, the stems will rise upwards of two feet high. If the season 

 is favourable, or the flowers be screened from frosts, violent winds 

 and heavy rains, they continue in beauty a month or longer; and arc 

 very ornamental plants at a season when there is a great scarcity of 

 flowers. It is a native of the West Indies. 



In the seventh, the petals uniting at bottom form a fleshy 

 tube, but the edges of the outer ones are free at the base. It has 

 been named vittata, from its ribband-like appearance, being striped 



