deeply coloured lines parallel with the axis of the segment ; 
outer with five similar ones ; the filaments are bent at the 
top and connected by a joint with ashort thick orange- 
coloured frosted irregularly oblong strumous body, on the 
inwardly shelving summit of which the anther is fixed by its 
base. The above curious appendage of the stamens, re- 
minds us in some sort of the thigh of the Bee, when loaded 
with the golden farina collected from the blossoms of the 
The Asphodelee of Mr. Brown include the Asphodeli of 
Jussieu, along with several of his Asparagi; and are. de- 
fined as follows. ‘ Corolla sixpartite or sixcleft, regular. 
Stamens 6, either inserted on the corolla or beneath the 
germen (hypogynous): the 3 opposite to the outer segments 
being sometimes of a different form from the rest and 
sometimes entirely wanting. Germen detached, 3-celled; 
cells many-seeded, seldom 2-seeded. Style 1. Stigma en- 
' tire or shallowly 3-lobed. Fruit generally a 3-celled 3- 
yalyed capsule with partitions along the middle of the © 
valves; sometimes an undivided, rarely a tripartite, berry: 
bryo enclosed.”  Sywiies 
The above is followed by a remark by the same writer, that 
he has in vain sought for a decisive and really natural distine-- 
tion for this order (or, if you please, section of the Liliaceae) ; 
that be has been able as yet to detect no other feature that 
is common to the whole, and that separates them from the 
generality of their bordering kindred, than the black friable 
erustaceous Seedcase, which is easily separable from the fine 
membranous coat immediately next to the seed: and on 
this account he has added Hypoxis and Curcunico at the 
end of the order, each having the same kind of seédcase, 
though they differ by a germen which is below the corolla ; 
and as not only the covering of the seed is different in 
Buanprorpia, but the dehiscence of the capsule, as well as 
several other of the marks, he has for the same reason kept 
it out of this family. i 
not to be removed from those with capsules, nor all the 
Liliaceous genera with berries and a germen above the co- 
rolla (superior) piled together in one order.” He likewise 
takes notice,“ that the joint at the middle or the summit of 
the peduncle, which is of so frequent occurrence in Aspho- 
delece, is scarcely ever met with in the bordering genera, ex-= 
cept in some species of ANeILEMA and in SaNSEVIERA.” 
_ He further observes, ‘ that the genera with berries ought 
Seedcase black, friable, crustaceous: albumen fleshy: em- . 
