teeth remote, minute, pointing upwards. ScaPE or FLOWER STEM con- 
siderably longer than the leaves, obscurely 3-cornered, scabrous, hairs 
pointing upwards, one-flowered. FLower erect, spreading, of a rich 
purple colour. Perricone (periantl) of six segments, united into a 
tube at the base, the 3 outer segments narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, 
reflexed, with dark parallel veins on the upper surface; 3 inner seg- 
ments broader, undulating, more erect, obtuse, or emarginate, similar- 
ly veined. Turoar displaying 6 broad, linear, petaloid, purplish 2- 
cleft filaments, opposite the petals, to the base of which, by the back, is 
attached the linear erect anther, 2-celled, shorter than the filament; 
pollen white. Ovary inferior, oblong, somewhat ventricose, greenish, 
but marked with 6 purplish tubercular lines, having minute dots rising 
up between them. Ovary 3-celled, with large cordately perforated dis- 
sepiments, between which, in each cell, are two vertical plates, forming 
the placente the margins of which are lined with numerous oblong 
ovules. Sty.eas long as the anthers, acute, 3-angular, purple, stigmata _ 
below the apex, having the appearance of 3 white oblong glands. 
PopuLar AnD GeocrapuicaL Notice. This genus consists of 
herbaceous perennials, natives of Brazil, of which 13 or 14 species are 
known, occurring between the 14° and 23° S. Lat. Though one or two 
were known to Vandelli, we are chiefly indebted for a more extensive 
acquaintance with them, to Von Martius, from whose travels, the fol- 
lowing extract is taken. “We were particularly surprized, as we were 
ascending the steep Morro de Gravier, a continuation of Serra do Oiro 
Branco, at seeing some arborestent lilies, the ‘thick naked stems of 
which, divided in the manner of a fork in a few branches ending i ina 
tuft of long leaves, and being frequently scorched o on the surface by 
burning of the meadows, are some of the most singular forms in the 
vegetable kingdom. The two species which have these forms, Barba- 
cenia and Vellozia, are called in the country Canella ‘d’ Ema, and on 
account of the resin they contain, are much used for fuel, wood being 
scarce. They appear to thrive only on quartzy mica-slate, and are 
considered by the inhabitants as a characteristic mark of a ‘country 
abounding in gold and diamonds. They are most frequently met with 
here at an elevation of from 2000 to 4000 feet, always accompanied by 
a variety of the prettiest shrubby Rhexias, Eriocaulon and “Xyris.” 
It is further observed, “All this part of the mountain (Serra Branca,) 
is less rich in gold than the northern tracts. But on the other hand, 
Flora has more lavishly endowed it with a diversity of flowers. The 
