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AMARYLLIDACE.E. 
tube exceeding the neck of the bulb §-§ths, limb slenderer, 
pale yellow, |-|ths long, style shorter than the limb, a 
little exceeding the longest stamens, spathe bifid, filiform. 
Stenomesson Coccineum. — PL 47. f. 4. Herb. Hooker. 
Matthews 786. All doubts about this plant are set at rest by 
fresh specimens received by Sir W. Hooker from Chacopoyas 
in Peru. Scapes 4-flowered, perianth scarlet, 1^ inch or a 
little more, style | of an inch longer, capsule formed like 
that of St. flavum. They agree with Ruiz’s specimen, but 
not with the figure in Flor. Peruv. which is incorrect. 
Tapeinanthus humilis. — Cav. ic. 129. t. 207. f. 2. This 
plant flowers in October. Scape filiform, 3 inches ; cup small, 
dentate, or 12-cleft, filaments equal, nearly as long as the 
limb ; direction of the tube continuous from the germen and 
peduncles ; peduncles unequal ; leaves slender, awl-shaped. 
Yallota purpurea. — I have lately had an opportunity of 
examining many ripe specimens of the fruit of this plant. The 
capsules, which are oblong-oval, begin to gape near the base, 
where the valves are attenuated. The seeds, which are 7-16ths 
of an inch long, have the lower 5-16ths absolutely empty, 
being merely a foliaceous wing attached at the base, where 
it is narrow, by a very slender umbilical chord. The chalaza 
points obliquely to one side, the other side of the seed having 
a curved back. The albumen or kernel lies in the upper 
2-16ths transversely, the embryo pointing from the chalaza 
to the opposite side of the seed. The seeds which are in the 
lower part of the capsule, where it is narrow, cannot develope 
themselves into this form, and are narrow and straighter, the 
chalaza more vertical, and the kernel and embryo not trans- 
verse, but pointing towards the foramen at the base. This is 
important to shew how insignificant is the position of the 
embryo with relation to the hilum in some cases. 
Vellosia abietina. — Martius. fine blue. Omitted by 
accident in p. 81. 
