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AM ARYLLIDACEiE. 
United States ; the latter in Florida, the former extending 
northwards into Virginia. It is quite evident that the figure 
of Dryander’s P. Mexicanum, published by Mr. Ker, is a 
bad representation of this plant. It differs in nothing ma- 
terial except the attenuated point of the leaf ; and when I 
look to the incorrect form given to the style and stamens, I 
can only regard that as another error in the representation. 
They differ from the rest of the genus in some particulars. 
Though in a stove or warm greenhouse they will preserve 
their leaves through the winter, they are more disposed to 
go to rest at that season, and I believe it is best to leave them 
dry for a time. The cup is more expanded and green at its 
base, the seed-vessel is stretched by the growth of the seeds, 
and does not burst prematurely like the rest, of which the 
growing seeds become exposed. The young rising leaves of 
both in the stove or greenhouse perish if a drop of water 
lodges among them, which makes the difficulty of cultivating 
them. It has seemed to me lately that the same injury does 
not take place when the pot stands in a pot of water as when 
the treatment of the bulb is drier. The flower of var. 1. 
approximates in form and colour to that of Choretis glauca: 
it survived a year or two out of doors in front of the stove, 
but perished without having flowered there. There is a 
little difference in the form of the cup of var. 2. but they 
agree in constitution, and every other respect, except size 
and number of flowers. 
Species hybrida. — Spofforthise, or Distycha-rotata. Raised 
eighteen years ago at Spofforth from rotata var. 1. by ad- 
nata var. 3. but has never perfected a flower. The scape 
comes up always diseased, the flowers dead and discoloured, 
or in a perishing state. I had despaired of ever seeing it 
flower, and had suspected that it arose from the barrenness 
of the mule ; but it has occurred to me that it perhaps re- 
quires to stand in water at the time of flowering, and the 
pot is now set in a cistern where the roots are thriving, and 
I hope that it may be enabled to bring its flowers to per- 
fection. 
14. Quitoensis. — PI. 22. f. 4. Specim, Ruiz ex Quito. 
Herb. Lambert. Folia 13-uncialia utrinque atte- 
nuata lata, scapus 7-uncialis uniflorus, germen 
sessile § unc. tubus 4|, laciniae 3f, corona biunci- 
alis (2| lata?), filamenta circiter unc. coronam 
