top of the style. The corolla is usually yellow, sometimes 
red; and all the known species are natives of Peru. 
The flower of the present reminds us of the magnified 
representation of a naked floret of the disk of some Syn- 
genesious species. It is the only species which we have 
seen in a fresh state, and was lately introduced by Mr. 
Lambert. The sample drawn flowered at Boyton House 
in Wiltshire, in the winter, and there is probably. no 
other in any European garden. 
The four species, which form the basis of the genus 
have afforded to Mr. Herbert the genera Stenomesson, Car- 
PODETES, and Leperiza. In our view they range better 
under one head; and the distinctions of Mr. Herbert are 
too fine for our sight. | 
The tube of the corolla in the plant before us has 
something of the shape of a long diminutive hour-glass, 
and -connects with the germen by a slight annular con- 
striction, that gives it a very different appearance from 
Pancratium, more easily remarked than expressed. 
The leaves had not risen from the bulb when our draw- 
ing was made. 
