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subpedal, ~ unc. lata obtusa, scapus 9-uncialis (magna parte 
subterraneus ?) spatha univalvisj unc. peri, vix lj| (pal- 
lide?) luteus, stylus uncialis stam. longior, stigma vix loba- 
tum. It is immaterial whether this plant be called O. luteus 
Fisclierianus var. or Fischerianus simply. It is very different 
from luteus, which has the perianth two inches long, while in 
this it is scarcely If, and the colour is seemingly different. 
The scape is above nine inches, but, as the bulb has a neck 
six inches long and half an inch wide, probably the greater 
part of it was under ground. 
Queltia. — § 1 . Macrantherce. With long anthers. 1 . Ma- 
cleana. 2. montana. 3. foetida. 4. orientalis. 5. odora. 
§ Bracheiantherce . With shorter anthers. 6. jonquilla. 7. jun- 
c.ifolia. 8 ? pusilla. 9 ? pumila. The anther of juncifolia 
agrees with that of the jonquill. I am confident that pusilla 
will conform with it, and I think it most probable that pu- 
mila will also. Jonquillioides and rupicola will certainly, if 
there be any such distinct plants. I see it suggested by a 
collector that Queltia aurantia, which is found wild near 
Montpelier, may be perhaps a mule between Narcissus 
poeticus and Ajax pseudo-narcissus, growing in the same 
pastures, and that narcissus biflorus may have originated in 
like manner between poeticus and Tazetta, meaning it seems 
the yellow bifrons, which grows in the same vicinity. I 
cannot admit the probability of the suggestions. 
Stamen.- — It is worthy of observation, that if the bud of a 
long-tubed flower, like Hymenocallis, be examined at an 
early period, while it is still enclosed in the spathe, the 
anther will be found to have acquired its full growth, the 
limb being just large enough to contain it, but the tube not 
developed, and its rudiments only in existence. The pro- 
longation of the tube and peduncle, and the further growth 
of the limb, depending upon the nourishment afterwards 
afforded to the plant, must be liable to obstruction and 
variability. This consideration seems to uphold the view 
which I have taken (p. 30), that the anthers are of superior 
botanical importance to the perianth. The same observations 
tend to shew why the proportion of the limb in Narcissese is 
less important than that of the cup. 
Sternebergia Colchiciflora v. Dalmatica. — Plate 47. 
f. 2. Specim. Dr. Fischer. Herb. Hooker. Or rather Sterne- 
bergia Dalmatica, for its aspect and proportions are very 
different from that of Colchiciflora, and it is very inferior in 
size. Bulb about §ths of an inch diameter, ovate, brown, 
