138 ORD. 8. ZEPHYRANTHE®. Cl. 6. Spathaceæ. Liriogame. 
appearing to me very different from Amaryllis Tubispatha of Rut 
suc „Pavon, which Mr, J. B. Ker quotes for v the Flower steria 
ight perfume of the Tuberose, is solit gular from 
the upper Petals being more recurved, with the orifice of its Tube 
finely aged ; Seeds comprest eni somewhat angulated, but not 
Henry ARVIEL, an Englishman 
who niii: chiefly at Bologna, cer according to TaxxER wrote on 
Botany so far back as 1280. Amaryllis Atamasco L. differs chiefly 
from Arviela in having a more funnel-shaped Corolla hardly at all 
irregular with a Tube quite naked at the mouth ; its Seeds are also 
flatter and not winged, and as this beautiful Flower appears with 
first warm winds of Spring, I have silii it Zephyranthes. 
Ord. 9. CyRTANTHEX. 
eite oblongum, 3-loculare, membranaceum, = = 3- 
um e 
. Bonz Spei, 8-24-, Wionem < Bulbus ovatus, Tunicis membranaceis. 
Vallota P. L. Pali in Tubum anguste holon nt cuneis 
z: pulvinatum coalita ; dein recurvo-patentissima, obovata.  Fila- 
entia. Stigma 
capitatum, 3-lobum. Herba li-pedalis. Bulbus magnitudine Ovi 
Pia lia 6-8, viridia basi badid, late lorata, autumno evanida. 
turate miniati, viz hone odore levi Opii. Pedunculus 
mox post st folia aaillá exteriore circa. ZEquin vernum, no 
ceps, crassus, 2—4-florus. Pedic elli longissimi. ANTOINE Vattoz, 
M.D. Hortum Parisiensem in 1665 restauravit. Species 1. Ama- 
ryllis Purpurea L. riz. W. 
Sect. 2. Corolle ie longissimus, fauce nudus. 
incurvulo-patentia, shania interiora parum latiora. Filamenta 
juxta medium tubi 1 seri e, ultra os attingentia, recte dependentia. 
Stigma parum capitatum, ice im H prope fluvium Cham- 
da * 
non | lor cu 
viriditate, undique cernui, are ae axilla interiore foli- 
orum, maculis minutis aspersus, non anceps, 9—14-florus. 
Pedicelli breves. Species 1. C. Gbliquas E. FIL. 
