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AM AR YI.I.T D ACEiE. 
I find a quaere (pratensis ? Poeppig) attached to the specimen, 
but that plant has a scarlet flower without any speckling, and 
cannot be the same. 
Htemanthus Hookerianus. PL 46. f. 7. Spec. C. B. 
Sp. Herb. Hooker, absque foliis. Scapus 8| unc. gracilis, 
circ. 17-florus, spatha quadrivalvis 1^ unc. valv. lanceol. ker- 
mesinis, ped. semunc. vel ultra, tubus non coloratus, limbus 
et genitalia kermesini, lacinire lineares ultra-semunc. stylo et 
filamentis breviores. Scape 8^ inches, slender, about 17- 
flowered, spathe with 4 lanceolate crimson valves, about \ of 
an inch wide, li long, peduncles ^-f of an inch, tube green? 
or pale, limb, filaments, and style crimson, segments very 
slender, shorter than the style which equals the longest fila- 
ments. We have no knowledge of the leaves of this remark- 
able Haemanthus, which preserves the most vivid crimson 
colour in the dry specimen. 
Haemanthus. Roseus Link enum. 1. p. 309 is carneus. 
Speciosus, Colla Hort. Rip. p. 63. Hydrophilus, Thunb. Mus. 
Ups. Longifolius, H. Nymph. Obliquus, Don H. C. Sinuatus 
Thunb. Mus. Ups. are obscure and doubtful species which can- 
not be identified. Orbicularis is a synonym for rotundifolius. 
Hermione aEQUIlimba. — PI. 48. f. 1.5. Narcissus sero- 
tinus, Rangis Mewahhar. Zer. FI. Melit. Bulbus 2i unc. 
diam. vel minor, folia 3-4 glauca carinata ultra semunc. lata 
obtusa, vaginis ad basim tribus albis viridi-lineatis cylindricis 
H unc. diamet. scapus circ. pedalis subanceps glaucus 
striatus apice subtortuoso 3-7 floras, germen horizon tale \ 
unc. tubus viridis -|, limbus stellatus subalbus laciniis ^ unc. 
latis & line, longis, petalis rotundato-oblongis, sepalis acuti- 
oribus, stylus tubum paullulum exsuperans antheris sepalinis 
brevior, corona triloba lutea j unc. longa, \ lata subventricosa. 
After the account of Hermione elegans, Haworth , or Narcis- 
sus serotinus, Desfontaines Flor. Atlant. with a 7-flowered 
scape, had been sent to the press, I received bulbs of Zerapha’s 
plant, which grows in a sequestered spot on the shore of the 
island of Malta, in a crumbling reddish-yellow soil, in com- 
pany (as it seems) with Qrnithogalum Arabicum, of which a 
small bulb was sent with them accidentally. They were dug- 
up for me by the kindness of a friend late in September, and 
reached Spofl’orth the first week in November, when they 
were immediately potted. The largest of these wild bulbs 
measured inches circumference. They had evidently been 
in a dormant state when taken up, w ith the remains of the 
dead fibres of the last season. Zerapha has certainly made 
