the parts, and in having a primary flower, the fruit of 
which miscarries, while that of the secondary flower comes 
to perfection; in regard to this character indeed, as far as 
we have seen, it differs from the whole genus. Flavissima, 
the nearest akin, is found constantly to affect springy moist 
places, flowers later in the year, and-has a scape higher 
than the leaves. Lvutescens, also very close to our plant, is 
much larger, with a proportionately longer scape. The four 
are very like, but still evidently distinct in port and eco- 
nomy, besides the above technical marks. 
Arenaria, we believe, will prove quite hardy; though the 
present sample had been sheltered in the winter. 
Rootstock horizontal, many-budded along the upper side. 
Scape 14 to 2 inches high, rather thicker than a crow-quill, 
round, shining, green, simple, shorter than the leaves. 
Leaves few, narrow, linearly ensiform, faintly nerved, up- 
right, about 3 inches long, lightish green. Spathe 3- 
valved, 2-flowered, herbaceous, convolutely folded, lanceo- 
late, smooth, inner valve cleft at the top. Flowers light 
yellow, peduncled, strongly but not disagreeably scented, 
upright, with the tube about an inch and a half deep, 
the first. barren, the second: fertile: peduncles enclosed, 
nearly the length of the germen and tube. Germen enclosed, 
green, + of an inch long, evenly continuous with the tube 
of the corolla, oblong, a little thicker than a crow-quill, 
‘roundedly 3-cornered, the intervening facets marked by a 
deeper green scarcely raised rib; cells with many ovula in. 
two rows. Corolla funnelform: tube enclosed, pale green, 
piped, about the thickness of a crow-quill, slightly tapered. 
downwards, 3 times shorter than the limb: Amb turbinately’ 
divergent at the lower part, spreading and recurved at: the 
upper, segments of one length, 3 outer ones bearded, about 
x broader, about 4 of an inch wide, of rather a deeper 
yellow than ‘the others, cuncately oblong, unguis evenly 
continuous with the recuryed retuse lamina and marked 
on each side with purple veins, beard a narrow strip of deep 
yellow hairs; inner ones narrower, cuneately ligulate, waved, 
recurved at the upper part, crenulately eroded at the top, 
unguis narrow, inflectedly channelled, 3 times shorter than 
the lamina stained with purple. Stigmas paler, about the 
length of the bearded part of the segment, segments lanceo- 
late, taper-pointed, uprightly réeurved: outer ip mem- 
branous, short, smooth, white, truncate. Mi 
