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Barr's collection, and relate to what seemed to me the most distinct forms 
that were in flower when I visited it during wie last week in May, at whie 
date several of the early- Daniae forms had passed by, and when all the 
later-flowering forms had reached their full developutisnt 
‘cally ie the point, id M texture, sub-erect, rec at 
ad; meer? heu: 3 inch wagi - obra ne in the upper quarter; peta- 
eed 
road, nar Cun = the dau scape rather longer than the leaves ; 
ed periant ne the seg- 
ts 2 lin oad, permanently connivent in the lower half, much falcate in the 
upper half, sepaline filaments nearly half an inch long, free at the top only ; peta- 
me free 
cinth- 
rming so narrow a tube as 1 and 2, decidedly falcate in the upper half; sepa- 
Tine | "ume n ioo, long, nearly the upper half free ; petaline filamen "^ ber 
long, À uem rly to the à cdit 
I deprss loeo 13 inch broad. Leaves half a foot long e soil, 
oad, firm in texture, sub-erect, blunt ; scape robust, twice as long 
r pedi th 
hyac f 
ower half, re faleate in the upper half; sepaline filaments 
ng, i 
k globose, yoka an Jaak thick. Leaves 9-10 inches long above 
il, firm, sub-erect, narrowed to a point, j inch broad, deeply channelled dies 
the face; scape shorter thàn the leaves; lower icels 4-$ inch long; peri rianth 
half an i long, poreeting when rg? ake tho op of te hod 1 fro: pye "o 
oe 
6. . i obes, pA an inch rae a 7-8 inches long above the soil, 
road, sub-erect, narrowed / int ; scape a oot high; lower 
à inch long; perianth half an aes deep, è 1 A across when fully 
ded, spreading like the top sat a funnel from n "e base, distinctly acd 
tip ys divisions pale red-lilac, 2 lines broad oid filaments 4 lines 
long, free Lon little above the middle; petaloid ppc as long, attached at 
e ed base o 
Bulb Dohos 1} inch thick. Leaves 8-9 inches long above t the -— 3-1 
inch broa d, firm, sub-erect, Dare: pai at the tip, deeply channelled -— 
e; scape shorter than the lea ; lower pedicels 3-3 inch long ; the bas 
bie hyacinth- a T spreading lik the top of a funnel ga the ir 
ed, $ inch acro e division faleate near the tip, lin i: 
lene CU 3 inch sen. dem upper third free ; petalin taline filaments + die ong, 
pper three-quarters free, 
- Bulb ovoid, under an inch thick. Leaves 5-6 inches long above the ES 
weak, flaccid, 5-6 lines broad, DEUM wed to the point, inconspicuously.channelled ; 
rather short "fan the leaves; lower pedice cels AE inch long, ; perenth 
barely half an inch long, the divisions more spreading t in 6 and 7, — ` 
near the base when expanded, à inch broad, pale hacia without a € 
beh the expanded flower 3 inch across; sepaline filaments } inch ps free in 
upper half; petaline filaments about as p attached at the base only 
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