tuse, crossing each other at the point, above the middle 
reflexed; margins curled; lower ones linear, reflexed 
or revolute, all of a jet black when first expanded, 
with white ungues. Filaments 10, united into a tube, 
5 fertile ones nearly of the same length, the uppermost 
rather shortest, sterile ones very short and curved in- 
ward like a hook. Pollen orange-coloured. Style 
flesh-coloured, very hairy. Stigmas 5, of the same 
colour, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this curious species was taken at 
the nursery of Messrs. Colvill and Son, where it was 
in fine blossom at the same time as H. atra and H. 
dioica, the whole of which have perfected plenty of 
seeds; and if we are not much deceived in the species, 
dioica is no more dioecious than the others, for it is now 
loaded with perfect seeds, which have been all set 
with its own pollen: a fuller account will be given 
under that species in a future number. 
This plant, as well as its relatives, is now growing 
and flowering abundantly at Mr. Colvill's; we find 
them thrive well in an equal mixture of turfy loam, 
peat and sand, the same as recommended for H. atra; 
after they have done flowering and have ripened their 
seeds, they generally become dormant; they must 
then be kept quite dry till they show an inclination to 
grow afresh, when they should have the old mould 
taken from them, and be planted in fresh soil, and as 
they grow they may be watered regularly, but only 
when they are quite dry ; they may be increased by the 
little tubers of the roots, but the better way is to in- 
crease them by seeds, which ripen in abundance, if 
some pollen be applied to the stigmas when in bloom. 
