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 an incl. and l.alf in wicllh, pioduccd lo a poml at ihc end. Il low- 

 ers in May. • i i i 

 The fiflli has the leaves about a foot long and two niches broad, 

 havinc. three longitudhial furrows: the stalk rises about a toot high, 

 then divides like a fork into two small foot-stalks, or rather tubes, 

 which are narrow, green, and at first encompassed by a th.n spallie, 

 which withers, and opens to give way to the flowers: these are wliite, 

 and have no scent. It is a native of the West Indies. 



The sixth species has a roundish bulbous root, covered with a 

 lioht brown .kin, from which arise several narrow dark green leaves 

 about a loot long: among these comes out a thick slalk (scape) 

 about nine inches high, sustaining six or seven white flowers, with 

 very narrow petals, having large bell- shaped nectariuins or cups, 

 deeply indented on their brims: the stamens do not rise iar above 

 the neclarium. It is a native of Jamaica and Carolina. 



The seventh has the bulb oblong, while, sending out several thick 

 fleshy fibres, which strike downward: the leaves are on very long 

 foot-stalks, some ovate, others heart-shaped, about seven inches ong 

 and five broad, ending in points, having many deep longUudmal 

 furrows; they are of a hght green, and their borders turn inwards: 

 the stalk thick, round and succulent, rising near two feet high, sus- 

 taining at the top several white flowers, shaped like those of the other 

 sons; but the petals are broader, the tube is shorler, and the slamens 

 are not so long as the petals: there is a thin sheath, which splits 

 open lonoiludinally. It is a native of Amboyna. 



Thr^re are several varieties: as the American, which grows natu- 

 rally in the islands of the West Indies, where it is called niutcUr, 

 and the latifoli.on and ovatum also grow naturally in the same place. 



The ei-dUh species has the leaves a foot and a half long, hall an 

 inch wKlet the scape erect, compressed, a foot high: the spalhes 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, whitish, shrivelling; the outer larger 

 an mdi and half m length: the flowers fragrant, on three-cornered 

 pedicels, scarcely half an inch long. It is a native of the Last In- 

 dies; flowering from June to August. 



CuUure.-AW these plants are capable of being increased bv 



