and perfectly hardy. F. dasypliylla was gathered by Mr. 
Elwes in light sandy soil over serpentine between Moolah and 
Aidin, at an elevation of two thousand feet above sea-level, 
and F. acmopetala in rocky woods in Caria. 
Descr. F. dasypliylla . Bulb globose, under half an inch in 
diameter, with pale membranous tunics. Stem rising four to 
nine inches above the surface of the ground, one- rarely two- 
flowered, bearing six to twelve rather fleshy green leaves, all 
alternate or the lowest and sometimes the uppermost opposite, 
the lowest oblanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, two or three 
inches long, the others lanceolate and linear. Flowers more 
or less drooping. Perianth broadly funnel-shaped, three- 
quarters or seven- eighths of an inch long, the segments pur- 
plish on the back, yellow without any tessellations inside, 
with a small green oblong foveole above the base. Stamens 
three-eighths or half an inch long ; filament flattened, pubes- 
cent ; anther oblong. Style a quarter or three-eighths of an inch 
long, entire. 
F. acmopetala . Bulb small, globose, with pale tunics. 
Primordial radical leaves oblong, two or three inches long, 
narrowed to a petiole as long as the blade. Stem above a 
foot long, slender, glaucous, one-flowered. Leaves five or 
six, rather glaucous, all alternate, linear, three or four inches 
long. Flowers drooping. Perianth campanulate, fifteen or 
eighteen lines long, the obovate-oblong obtuse segments 
more or less flushed with purple on the back and tip, for the 
rest greenish, without any tessellation, furnished with a small 
oblong greenish foveole above the base. Stamens less than 
half as long as the perianth ; anthers linear-oblong, cus- 
pidate, half as long as the pubescent filaments. Style half an 
inch long, with three subulate forks reaching nearly halfway 
down. — J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, segment of the perianth of F. dasypliylla ; fig. 2, pistil of the same ; 
fig. 3, segment of the perianth of F. acmopetala ; fig. 4, pistil of the same '.—all 
more or less magnified. 
