— Refugium Botanicum.| [June, 1873. 
TAB. 351. 
Natural Order LiInIAcE%. 
Tribe ALLIEZX. 
Genus Notuoscorpum, Kunth. 
N. rnavescens (Kunth, Enum. iv. 459). Bulbo ovoideo, foliis 83—4 
synanthiis anguste linearibus viridibus dorso convexis sub- 
pedalibus 14 lin. latis, scapo foliis equilongo vel superante, 
umbellis 6—8-floris, spathe valvis linearibus pedicellis multo 
brevioribus, perianthio semiunciali, segmentis oblongis sub- 
obtusis sulphureis distincte viridi vittatis basi breviter con- 
natis, filamentis cylindricis perianthio triplo brevioribus, stylo 
ovario equilongo, loculis 5—6-ovulatis. 
A native of Chili, sent to England in a living state by 
Mr. Reed. 
Bulb ovoid, tunicated, under an inch thick. Leaves three or 
four, developed with the flowers, soon fading, bright green, fleshy, 
a foot long, one-eighth of an inch broad, convex down the back. 
Scape slender, terete, equalling or overtopping the leaves. 
Flowers six to eight in an umbel. Spathe of two lanceolate mem- 
branous valves under an inch long. LPedicels one-fourth of an 
inch to an inch and a half long, suberect. Perianth half an inch 
deep, the divisions united in a short cup at the base, spreading 
from the top of this nearly horizontally when fully expanded, 
oblong, bluntish, one-eighth of an inch broad, sulphur-coloured, 
with a distinct green keel. Filaments distinctly perigynous, uni- 
seriate, one-eighth of an inchlong. Ovary sessile, oblong, deeply 
trisulcate ; ovules five or six in a cell; style filiform, one-eighth of 
an inch long. ; 
Tas. 851.—1, a single flower; 2, single stamen; 8, pistil; 4, hori- 
zontal section of ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 

A species producing small pale cream-coloured flowers of no 
great beauty. It thrives in a cool pit or greenhouse, when 
potted in a light sandy soil. Mr. C. Reed sent me this plant 
from Chilii—W. W. S. 
