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AMARYLLIDACEiE. 
to obtain the scarlet varieties, the first mule must be im- 
pregnated by a second cross with the pollen of cardinalis. 
The causes are perhaps two ; the disposition of the perianth 
to follow preferably the type of the male, and of our climate 
to produce the less-brilliantly coloured varieties of plants 
which are derived from warmer latitudes. 
NarcissejE, p. 79. Observ. add thereto capsula parte 
superiore dehiscens ; and p. 293. 1. 7. add the upper portion 
of the capsule gaping. 
Corbularia bulbocodium and tenuifolia are both found on 
the heights called Chambre d’Amour, near Bayonne. Two 
varieties of Ajax luteus grow on Mount Hazza, western 
Pyrenees. 
Natural Orders. — I have perhaps not sufficiently ex- 
plained, that, having taken the most decisive feature I could 
find to distinguish from each other the monocotyledonous 
orders, which I could not pretend to reform where I might 
think some reformation necessary, I by no means intended 
to assent to the importance attributed to each of those several 
features ; for instance, I suspect that on future consideration 
Dr. Lindley may find it advisable to make Yanillese a sub- 
order or section of Orchidacese, as they seem distinguished 
chiefly by a feature which would separate Hippeastrum and 
Amaryllis, placing them in distinct orders, if admitted to be 
of such importance. It will be understood, that by the in- 
sertion within brackets of the names of Dr. Lindley 's alli- 
ances in the scheme of monocotyledonous plants (p. 45), I do 
not intend to make them a part of that scheme, but merely 
to point out where they intervene and how far they coincide, 
though in a different consecutive arrangement. 
Nerine Haylocki, p. 284. —Seeds by the pollen of this 
hybrid plant, produced upon its own scape, and on that of 
curvifolia, which had been deprived of its anthers, no other 
Nerine having been in flower at the time on the premises, 
have vegetated, and amongst the latter, one has produced 
the young leaf crimson, an appearance which I have never 
seen in the genus, and which will perhaps not be permanent 
in the adult plant ; but such a remarkable seminal variation 
brings curvifolia in closer affinity with marginata, which is 
distinguished by a red margin to the leaf. 
Oporanthus Fischerianus. PI. 47. f. 3. — Specim, Dr. 
Fischer. Herb. Hooker. “ In collibus graminosis circa cas- 
tellum Agh-oglan provinciae Karabogh.” Bulbus ovatus 
collo producto sexunc. semunc. lato (subterraneo ?) folia 
