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136 On». 8. ZzPHYRANTHEX. Cl 6. Spathaceæ. Liriogame. 
oe Pericarpium subrotundum, 3-lobum. Petala in 
Tubum nudum coalita; dein in Tnfondibulum vix irre- 
o-patentia, cuneato-lanceolata, interiora angustiora 
Filamenta vix sec o-patentia. S fidum. Semina 
absque ala. Herba a Georgià in Virginiam pratis 
madidis 10—14-pollicaris. Bulbus et Folia Arvielæ. Flos albus 
Us. 
novorum quibus latior post /Equinoctium Vernale, vix anceps. Pedi- 
cellus in fructu et Cepupos zephyrus, avðos flos. Species 1 
ary. am 
This O 1 tk S ies hithert f to Amara yllis, 
which grow wild in em vast continent of America, another reason, 
besides their very different Seeds, for separating them. When Ruiz 
and Pavow's Flora Peruviana came out, Dryayper remarked, that 
present in many other Liriogame ; Orontium mium of Tuvx- 
, afford in. 
of Zephyranthee distinguished by honey aure Seeds, and a solid 
Peduncle, only contains a single Genus ; proposed. to call after 
WILIAM Grirrix Esq. who has so e a cene of bulbous 
Plants, as soon as I had dissected one of the first Flowers it had 
produced in his Stove; for the two erect Seeds at the bottom of each 
cell, and whole Habit, left no doubt of its being distinct from all yet 
own but AM r. J. B. Ker in the 163rd number of the Botanical 
i it to Amaryllis, then thinking he says, ** its anomalies 
not of a nature to render the separation of it expedient.” He has 
since neverthe come over to my opinion, and the legitimacy of 
the Genus is corroborated by another Species with smaller Flowers, 
figured in the 511th number of the Botanical Register. 
scription of a Seed of this latter by Mr. R. Brown i is there inserted, 
but it does not exactly tally either with my specimen, or others 
which Mr. Grirrin showed me; they were simply obovate, not 
entricose, their Coat (Episperm of Ric CHARD) — oaa "eg 
itish i inner side from 
and encircling the Chalaza,see Tab. fig. The petiolated XI 
pendulous Fruits, binary number and colour of Seeds g 
serve to connect Griffinia with Nerissa, the last Genus of 
Homanthec ; but I do not attach so much value to these deci 
analogies, as I gp if it _— certain that no undiscovered Fines 
intervened in ists in five 
hence will es uw be de. da study affinities with few or none zs 
the doubts which perplex those of the present day; let us not be 
