XCVIII. 
HOOKERA CORONARIA. 
Garland Hookera. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Asphodeli. Juss. Gen. p. 51. 
Sect. v. Corolla regularis, marcescens. Flores fasciculati. Bractee tot, interiores ramentacee. 
Corolle Tubus plus minus urceolaris: Limbus recurvus, 6-partitus. Filamenta 6, ore tubi inserta 
alternis nunc sterilibus et petaloideis, erecta. Anthera prelong, basi inserte. Torus melli 
Pericarpium nonnihil stipitatum, ab apice dehiscens. Stylus erectus. Stigma amplum, varie 3-fi- 
dum. Semina oblonga, 2-plici serie inserta, angulata. Herbe e California, Bulbus perennis, sphari 
cus, tunicis reticulatis. Folia angusta, multifaria, lineari-lanceolata, obtusa. Flores cerulei, erecti. Pe- 
dunculus gracilis, e medio foliorum. In memoriam GuLIELMI Hooker, pictoris hujusce operis, genus 
elim: d \ t 
sacrum velim: due species innotuerunt. 
ae, Ve. 4 daulilens abnabel ase 
= 
Coronaria. Hi. corolle laciniis tubo parum longioribus : fil 
Puichella. H. corolle laciniis tubo brevioribus : lees brevissimis, omnibus antheriferis, 
Sponte nascentem in California, utrasque legit A, MEnzizs. 
Floret prior apud nos Junio. 
For this-and several other rare plants taken from a Spanish prize condemned at Halifax in Nova 
Scotia, Iam indebted to Mrs. Hattpurron of that place. It flowered in June \ast at Mill Hill 
and is one of those mentioned in Dr. Surru’s Introduction to Botany as countenancing JUSSIEU’s 
idea that the flower of all 1-cotyledonous plants should be called a calyx. Dr. Smiru’s words are 
“ Two species of anew genus, found by Mr. Menzies on the west coast of North America have beau- 
i | iandria : ins his mo- 
dria, as clearly prove that Sowerbwa belongs to Triandria: for, I recollect no instance att 
ment of an 1-locular anther except in Canna, and from its mode of insertion as well as the analogy 
ther half an anther, than a whole one: however, 
the radication, and stipulation fix Sowerbea immoveably near Dianella, as well as the country it 
comes from. I shall probably be laughed at, for affixing any value to this last character, 
more so for thinking that whole genera ap e 
surface of our globe along with the strata upon an eA Pde ery aie ik enue. 
their geographical connexion may be fre- 
saat geod appearance to that of many Ensate, but certainly peren- 
nial and not ual rep. d as in them, ter coats finely ed, it 
