by their collector Mr. George Don. The plant was culti- 
vated in a mixture of decayed wood and mould, and kept 
in the bark-bed. 
The following is an enumeration of the species of the 
genus at present published : 
1. Chlorophytum inornatum. Jer. (S. Leone.) 
PhLosocouus orchidastrum. Lindl. (S. Leone.) 
Shoaoédapae x elatum. Br. (C. B.S.) 
Anthericum elatum. — Ait. 
Antone yaes inst laxum. Br. (N. Holl. tropical.) 
Stemless, with fibrous fleshy roots. Leaves 15 foot 
Jong, lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat wavy, quite smooth; 
their stalk winged, channelled, erect; their /amina spreading. 
Panicle racemose, upright, many-flowered, stiff. Bractes 
spathaceous, blackish-brown, several, the outer acuminate as 
long as the flower-stalk. Flowers in little heads, jointed 
with their stalks, white, about three together. Perianth 
rotate, 6-parted, spreading, with a very short tube: sepals 
Jinear-lanceolate, the inner more reflexed than the outer. 
‘Stamens 6, hypogynous, as long as the sepals, erect about 
the style, conniving. Filaments filiform. Anthers innate, 
linear, facing inwards, 2-celled, longitudinally opening, yel- 
Jow. Ovary small, roundish, 3-cornered, the angles fur- 
‘rowed, 3-celled; ovules about 8. Style filiform. Stigma 
minute, fringed. Capsule clothed with the remains of the 
withered sepals, roundish, 3-angular, 3 lobed, the angles 
‘acute. Seeds in each cell 2-3, black, reniform, compressed, 
fixed by the middle to the central placenta. ait 
