Liriogame. Cl.5. Lorate. ORD. 2. THEMIDER. 8T 
Mr. AncurBALD Menzies on the coast of California with the pre- 
left it under Ornithogalum in the last edition of Hortus Kewensis, 
which Genus Mr. Scuvutrz a former sublibrarian of Sir JosEPm 
Bayxs had referred this Plant, when it blossomed in 1796. I was 
totally ignorant of its existence, till my constantly kind friend Arron 
gave me a specimen as a third species of Hookera; and on now con- 
sidering again all the differences of these Plants I doubt the pro- 
many as 5 Embryos. Oligosma approaches so closely to Hesperocles, 
that many Botanists. will be inclin 9. to join them; I separate it 
however 1st for its Habit, having n i EA green Leaves lying 
flat on the ground, not glaucous ey es e like those of Narcissus ; 
2ndly a solid Peduncle; 3rdly its Petals a united for a very short 
space, and spreading out nena thly Filaments gradually 
— MÀ and the alternate ones narrower; om a 3-lobed Stig- 
6thly its Seeds have only one Embryo. 
Ord. 3. TULBAGHER. 
Petala 6, receptaculo inserta, in Tubum coalita, dein varie dis- 
juncta: squame 3, ori sub interioribus adnate: marcescentia. An- 
there 6, fauce tubi 2 seriebus sessiles vel subsessiles, superiores sub 
squamis. Pericarpium superum, oblongum, non stipitatum, shes 
i ullus. Stigma 
3-lobum. Semina numero indefinita, nigra, albuminosa; Embryo 
rectiusculus; Radicula ab Hilo remota. Herbe in Promontorio Bonz 
Spei, 13-2-pedales, succo fetidissimo. Bulbus conicus vel ovatus, 
perennis. Folia glauca, lorata vel ter etiuscula, ae enia. Flores 
erecti vel mutantes, Fasciculus laxus. Pedunculus medio fom 
pow vel fap culus. Pedicelli longi. Bractee 2, spath 
preter nunc r Ceas. 
Tulbag gs 5. T i Tubus urceolaris; Squamze ferruginete 
tubereular rofunde 2-furee; Lacinie limbi rec 
e ticee. 
Antherze CORE squamis er. Herba in Promontorio Bonae 
Spei, 15—20-pollicaris. Bulbus conicus, infra tunicas prominens, fere 
Polian 
this. Folia 7-9, gienen, lorata Ñarcissi. Flores prasini, 
Cacaliæ, nutantes. Fasciculus 7-13- florus. Pedunculus teretius- 
i 1, T. Alliacea L. 
culus. | Bractec interiores adis Spe 
ria. Corolle Tubus infundi 5 
peat, retusiusculæ ; Laciniæ limbi patentes, ovate. Antheræ supe- 
ores squamis ote. Herba in d campis, 2- 
peris Bulbus ovatus. Folia 5-6, teretiuscula. Flores purpurei 
Calostemmatis, erecti, Fasciculus 7-11- -florus. Pedunculus gracilis, 
