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other, a liltlc allenualcd at the base, j)ubcscciil, red, shorter than 

 the germ. The stigma bhiiit, of a yellowish red colour, pubescent 

 at the edge. Cajisule oval, smootii, transversely nerved, compressed, 

 with two rims along the back. 'J'he seeds are orbiculate. It flowers 

 in May. 



In the third the leaves are a foot long and more, lialf an inch 

 broad at the base. The scape half a loot high, scarcely a line in 

 diameter. The raceme six inches in length, or even longer. 'J'he 

 peduncles an inch and a half long. The bractete are green, Aviih 

 clear white edges, half an inch long, quickly withering. The flow- 

 ers yellow. The petals less than an inch in length; the outer ones 

 lliickeuied at the tip; the iniKM' having a while, inflcx, kidney- 

 shaped gland. Barren fdaments, linear, with a filiform inflex tip, 

 and no anthera.'. The style obversely pyramidal, the length of liic 

 germ, covered with glandulous scales. The stigma pyramidal, pro- 

 minent between the inner converging petals. It flowers in May and 

 June. 



'I he fourth species has the leaves linear-subulate, deeply chan- 

 nelled, two feet long and upwnrds, scarcely half an inch wide at 

 the i}asc. The scape a little shorter than the leaves, and not so 

 thick as a goose quill. The raceme close, half a foot in length. The 

 peduncles s^jreading, a little more than an inch in length. 'J'he 

 bractcai are almost the length of the peduncle. The flowers yellow. 

 Outer petals oblong, thickened at the tip, above an inch in length; 

 the imier ones oval, a little shorter than the outer ones. Jiarren fila- 

 ments, somewhat shorter than the fertile ones, convex without, chan- 

 nelled within: the anthenc sagittate and eftele. 'J'he style prism- 

 shaped, the length of the germ, and tenninaled by a siigma from the 

 angles of the style rounded at the tip. It flowers in May. 



In the fifth the root-leaves are few, lincar-fdifonn, upriglil at bot- 

 tom, then s[nral, and when the plant is more mature, flexuose, 

 villose-scabrous, shorter than the scape, \vhich is simple, fdiform, 

 flexuose, nodding at the top, streaked, villose-scabrous, of a finder's 

 length, seldom a span long after flowering, ouc-flowered, seldom 



