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AMARYLLIDACEiE. 
2. Australasica. — Bot. Reg. 9. 715. Eurycles alata. 
Sweet H. S. L. Calostemma Cuninghami. Hortu- 
lanorum. A smaller species from Australia, of 
which the cup is split to the base, approaching in 
that respect to the second var. of Amboinensis. It 
differs however in a much narrower leaf and a 
hardier constitution, and will live in a greenhouse. 
I have not seen its flower. 
Mr. Salisbury’s name Eurycles, being very objectionable, 
was altered with his consent to Proiphys. Eurycles was 
derived by him, as he informed me, from the obsolete nomi- 
native of the Greek word kladi, which however would be 
hi as , not kies , and means a branch, but never a leaf ; and the 
breadth of the leaf on which he founded the generic name 
was unsatisfactory for the fundamental feature. I omitted 
to state in the App. that the alteration was made with Mr. 
Salisbury’s approbation ; and, as Eurycles has been since 
adopted in several works, and has the priority, it seems now- 
advisable to retain it. My friend, Sir W. Hooker, has sug- 
gested another derivation for the w r ord, which had not oc- 
curred to its framer. Seeds of Crinum and Hymenocallis 
will often germinate in an over-ripe capsule, as grain sprouts 
in the ear, and Clivia before the capsule appears quite ripe ; 
but I know of no other instance of the embryo protruded 
from the ovule at the point furthest from its attachment, and 
the formation of a bulb proceeding in the immature fruit, 
wdiich is conspicuous in this genus. It seems however not 
to be an invariable occurrence, for I received two fresh seeds 
of Australasica which had not germinated. This genus 
comes very near to Calostemma, and inhabits the same 
vicinity. 
5. Amaryllidiformes. — Scape solid, seeds fleshy. 
60. Griff'inia. — Leaves w 7 ide,petiolated; umbel many-flowered; 
germen pedunculated; tube cylindrical, declined; seg- 
ments reflex, the low 7 er divaricate, the lowest stretched 
forward ; filaments decurrent in the tube, recurved ; 
anthers incumbent. Seeds large, roundish, white 
witli a small black chalaza. 
1. Hyacmthina. — Bot. Reg. 2. 163. This plant grows 
in woods on the hills behind Rio Janeiro, eight 
inches deep in strong loam, the scape and leaves 
rising to the height of two feet. Cultivated in the 
