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AMARYLLIDACEjE. 
perianth wliite, green below. Native of the Blue 
mountains in Jamaica. The name .Tubispatha 
having been now generally applied to this species, 
though certainly not L fieri tier’s Bonarian plant, it 
is not advisable to disturb it. This is properly a 
stove plant, requiring a sandy soil, rest in the 
winter, and much water in the summer. Ripens 
seed freely. 
Var. Hybrida. — Spofforthiae. SpofForthiana. Bot. Reg. 
21. 1746. A very pretty pink mule from Tubi- 
spatha impregnated by Carinata. 
5. Nervosa. — H. and B. Kunth, 1. 285. Leaves linear, 
smooth, 10-11 inches long, scape 6-8; peduncle 
scarce longer than the spathe; perianth oue inch 
and a half long, white, green below ; filaments 
alternately equal; style longer. Six small processes 
near the insertion of the filaments, if I rightly 
understand Mr. Kunth. The addition that the 
seeds are bulbiform (Kunth), if thereby green 
fleshy seeds are meant, I have no hesitation in 
pronouncing to be quite erroneous, nor were the 
travellers likely to have seen both flower and seed. 
America produces no genus of that section. 
6. Gracilis. — PI. 29. f. 1. Specimina Ruiz ex Port. 
de S. Maria. Herb. Lamb, absque foliis. Scapo 
biunciali filiformi, pedunc. f unc. spatha § unc. 
perianthio (albo ?) semunciam excedente, stylo 
isomctro filamentis longiore suberecto, stigmate 
minuto lobis brevibus. The specimens of this 
singular and diminutive plant are without leaves ; 
the form of the flower is funnel-shaped with the 
points a little reflex. The stigma is less cleft than 
usual in this genus. Scape filiform two inches, 
peduncle spathe perianth half an inch (or a 
little more), seemingly white; style equal, longer 
than the filaments. 
7. Minima. — PI. 24. f. 3. Specim. Tweedie ; from 
Buenos Ayres. Herb. Hooker. Bulbo parvulo 
collo semunciali, foliis filiformibus, scapis pluribus 
2-3-uncialibus, spatha f tubata apice divisa, pe- 
dunculis i uncialibus genuine 1, tubo £ , limbo 
albo, sepalis extus rubescentibus, stylo bre- 
