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extremity; their segments are linear, a little curled at the 

 edge, at first rolled back, afterwards hanging down. The 

 filaments and style are red at the ends. This species seems 

 to be nearest in natural affinity to Crinum Americanum, but 

 that plant has broader leaves, a shorter tube, sessile flowers, 

 with lanceolate, much more undulated segments. From that 

 species it may be distinguished by the following character : 



C. revolutum; sesquipedale, foliis patentibus lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis obtusis margine scabriusculis, scapo foliis suba?quali, 

 umbella 4-flora, perianthii laciniis linearibus revolutis de- 

 nique pendulis, filamentis styloque apice coloratis. 



A stove plant, flowering in May, and slowly increased by 

 offsets. 



XXXIII. Amaryllis Forbesii. ft purpurea. 



In the Report of last year, this new species of Amaryllis 

 was described; since that Report was prepared, a variety 

 flowered, which far exceeded in the beauty of its blossoms 

 the first which was seen. The whole of the colour, which in 

 the original variety is of a delicate pink, was in this changed 

 to a rich purplish crimson, resembling the colour of Crinum 

 amabile. A smaller number of flowers was produced in this 

 new variety, and the divisions of the flower appeared more 

 revolute than in the kind first seen ; otherwise they were not 

 observed to differ. 



XXXIV. Chrysiphiala pauciflora. Lindley. 



Two or three roots of this plant were sent to the Society in 

 1823, from Peru, by the late James Cowan, Esq. and flowered 

 in the green-house in April. It is a low bulbous-rooted plant, 



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