nearly 3 inches broad, of a darkish green, clouded by a 
powdery bloom which overspreads the upper side, shin- 
ing and paler on the under side. Scape about 1} foot 
high, cylindrical, glaucous, purple at the base. Umbel of 
4 nodding flowers, about 5 inches long; peduncles up- 
right, robust, about an inch long, bluntly 3-cornered. 
Germen green, oblong, with three rounded corners; ovula 
numerous, in two rows in every cell, flattishly compressed, 
horizontally piled. Tube of the corolla about half an inch 
long, unspotted: faux with a greener star than in fulgida, 
with which the species agrees pretty closely in other parts of 
the corolla. a 
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NOTE. 
While defining some of the genera in Amaryllidee, speaking of the bulbi- 
spermous capsule, which is incidental to several, for the sake of a term in 
description, we presumed the curious enlargement of its seed to be a modifi- 
cation of the albumen; but Mr. Brown has long since applied himself to the 
investigation of this point, and though,with that laudable caution and precision 
with which he accompanies all scientific communications, he yet hesitates to 
decide absolutely on its nature and origin, he is however convinced from the 
texture of its substance that it can be no modification of the albumen. His 
view of the structure and parts of a true seed are to be found in the masterly 
description given in the character of GrifFINIA in the present volume. 
