from some of the inner districts of which colony it was 
probably procured. The plant from which our drawing 
was made, flowered for the second time in July last, in 
the princely Garden of his Grace the Duke of Northum- 
berland, at Syon House, and was communicated to us 
by Mr. Forrest, to whom we are indebted for several 
observations upon its habit and characters. 
At first sight it has so much the appearance of a 
Cyrtanthus that it may easily be mistaken for one, espe- 
cially if the detached flowers only are seen. ‘But upon a 
more minute examination, it will be found that it is not 
only not referable to that genus, but that it is actually 
doubtful whether it does not belong to a distinct natural 
order. In the first place, it does not form a bulb, an 
almost indispensable character of Amaryllidez, from which 
there is but one other variation hitherto known, namely 
in Doryanthes. In the second place, the fruit is not a 
dehiscent dry capsule, but fleshy and indehiscent; and, 
thirdly, the seeds are not numerous, compressed, and 
membranous, but solitary, round, and fleshy. It is, there- 
fore, obviously distinct from Cyrtanthus; and there is 
no other Amaryllideous genus to compare with it, except _ 
Eustephia, the fruit of which is still unknown, but which 
is peculiarly characterised by its 3-toothed filaments, and 
which is probably not far removed from Phycella. 
Perhaps the real affinity of this plant cannot at present 
be determined: to us it appears most closely allied to 
Hemanthus, the bulbs of which are very imperfect. . 
A greenhouse plant, not appearing to require particular 
care in its cultivation, and propagating either by seeds or 
suckers. 
Roots fleshy, fascicled. Leaves distichous, coriaceous, 
dark green, Strap-shaped, sheathing at the base, retuse 
and oblique at the apex, rough at the margin. Scape 
erect, plano-convex, bordered, furrowed towards the sum- 
mit. Lowers from 48 to 50, on long stalks, pendulous, 
arranged in an umbel.  Perianth tubular, clavate, de- 
ciduous ; the segments yellowish scarlet, greenish at the 
apex, obtuse, imbricated in a double row, cohering towards 
the base, the outer rather shorter than the inner, like 
those of a Lachenalia. Stamens 6, inserted in the orifice 
