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58. HARTWEGIA purpurea ; var. angustifolia. 
“ This plant was gathered in Guatemala by George Ure 
Skinner, Esq. and added to Sir Charles Lemon’s collection 
at Carclew in August, 1841. Although very distinct from 
the original form ot this species in its leaves and flowei s, yet 
the general habit and appearance of the two plants are so 
very similar, that the present one can only be regarded as a 
well-defined variety of the other. Its leaves are from three to 
four inches long, and from half an inch to an inch in breadth, 
oblonc lanceolate acute, very thick and fleshy, hollowed along 
the middle, and tapering to both ends ; of a brownish green 
colour, singularly marked with numerous deep brown irre- 
gularly formed spots. The scape is erect, about a foot long, 
round and wiry, with many joints, each of which is suriounded 
by a pale brown-coloured bract, which closely embraces the 
stem, and covers it half way between the joints. The flowers 
are terminal, of the same bright pinkish coloui as those of 
the old variety ; from which, however, they differ in the form 
and size of the sepals, which are not obliquely cordate, but 
ovate oblong, and rather smaller than in tne other. The 
labellum is also very different, being much larger in every 
respect, and having a notch at the point ; whereas in the 
original species it is small, roundish, cordate, and. forms a 
kind of spur where it joins the column. In this variety there 
is no appearance of a spur, but it is narrowed round the 
column, and has a singular indentation just opposite its point. 
The column is curved, and about the same length as the 
sepals and petals. It is also of a deeper pink, and is rounded 
on the upper side •, beneath it is two-edged, from being slightly 
hollowed out along the middle. The anther case is somewhat 
reniform, brownish pink, much darker than any other part 
of the flower.” — Wm. B. Booth. 
59. HYMENOCALLIS Skinneriana. 
H Skinneriana ; “ bulbo modico, foliis petiolatis fortiter costatis lamina dilute 
viridi lacunosa acuta pedali 5 unc. lata, scapo 4| unc, spatha sesqmun- 
ciali sex-flora, genuine sessili, tubo erecto 2iunc.gracili limbo albo tnun- 
ciali, corona infra angusta unciali dentata, filamentis 1 8 unc. libens, 
antheris semuncialibus stylo J unc. brevioribus. MV. 
“ These bulbs, from the exact resemblance of their foliage, 
F~ 1843. * 
