so, we are constrained to regard A. lineatiflora as a good 
species, and not a mere variety of Ligtu. 
It is necessary to add, that the A. Ligtu here spoken of 
is that figured at t. 13 of our volume for 1830, and not the 
A. Ligtu of the English gardens, which is A. caryophyllaa. 
We are aware that some doubt exists as to whether the 
A. Ligtu of Feuillee, with pink flowers obliquely banded with 
white, is the same plant ; hut his figure is so bad that it may 
represent any of the neighbouring species, and nothing more 
like it than our Ligtu has, that we know of, been brought 
from Conception, which so many botanical travellers have 
visited of late years. Feuillee says nothing about the form 
of the sepals, and his artist is evidently no authority, for he 
has missed the deeply obcordate form of even A. peregrina. 
It is a greenhouse perennial ; and thrives best in a com- 
post, consisting of one-half loam, the other peat and sand. 
This, like many other species of Alstrcemeria, produces tube- 
rous roots in a horizontal direction, consequently it requires a 
large pot, which should be nearly half filled with potsherds. 
In autumn the plant should be set in some airy place, where 
it will receive very little w^ater, until the beginning of January, 
when it should be repotted. While in a growing state, plenty 
of water should be given, and air at all times when the weather 
will permit. It may be propagated abundantly from seed. 
