28 SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
THUNBfcKtilA Al l-INIS. (See page 27.) 
T. ozicophlaee Thunbergii. Flowers yellowish, tipped 
brown, cxpaiidiufr in the aftei'noon. $2 to ¥4. 
XEBONEMA Moorei. We extract the following from 
Ur. Masters' description of this remarkable plant, pub- 
lished in the Gardeners' ClmmicJe of July 6th, 1878, in 
which an excellent full-page woodcut is also given. 
"This singular and beautiful T.,iliaceous plant has 
the habit of an Iris, with a thick root-stalk and a tuft 
of sheathing sword-shaped leaves, from whose center 
rises a tall fiower stalk bearing a few scattered bracts 
below, and at the upper part a raceme of brilliant criui- 
son flowei'S all turned to one side. 
"The flowei'S are crowded along the rachis, which is 
also brightly colored : the perianth of each flower is 
