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equally crcnuhilc: ihc stnmcns three, seldom six: the anthers dark 

 ve11(>\A% shorter than I he nectary. In nurseries the flowers are of a 

 pale yellow, having two and sometimes three flowers from a spathe. 

 Jt is a native of Portugal. 



There are varieties with cup and petals wholly of a gold colour; 

 with yellow, with a white cup; and with while, with a yellow cup. 



The seven ih species is broad-leaved, having the appearance of 

 ihc ninth sort: the corolla is white: the nectary erect, half or one- 

 ihird of the length of the petals, trifid, yellow, with the lobes emar- 

 ginate. It is a native of the Levant, flowering in May. 



There are several varieties. 



The eighth has small bulbs: the leaves very narrow, having some 

 resemblance to those of the Rush, but a little compressed, with a 

 lonoitudinal furrow on one side; they are seldom more than eight or 

 nine inches long: the flower-stalk slender, taper, about six inches 

 loner: petal scarce half an inch long, cut into six acute segments: 

 the nectary or cup is more than two inches long, very broad at the 

 brim, lessening gradually to the base, formed somewhat like the old 

 farthingale or bell-hoop petticoat worn by the ladies. It is a native 

 of Portugal, flowering in April or May. 



The ninth s]ii cies has a large, roimdish bulb: the leaves three or 

 four, long, narrow, plane: the scape or flower-stalk upright, broad- 

 ish, angular, concave, from ten or twelve to eighteen inches in height: 

 the flowers six or seven to ten from one spathe, very fragrant, clus- 

 tered, white or yellow. It is a native of Spain and Portugal, &.C., 

 flowering in February and March. 



There are a great many varieties: the principal of which are; with 

 yellow petals, with orange, yellow, or sulphur-coloured cups or nec- 

 taries; with white petals, Avith orange, yellow, or sulphur-coloured 

 cups or nectaries; with while petals, with white cups or nectaries; 

 and with double flowers of the diflerent varieties. 



The flower catalogues contain about a hundred sub-varielies 

 under these heads. It may be observed, that " the varieties with 

 white petals and white cups are not so much esteemed as the others; 

 there are, however, two or three with large bimches of small white 



