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ZEPHY RANTHES grandiflora. 
Largeflowered Zephyranthes. 
. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDER, 
ZEPHYRANTHES. _V. supra fol. 821. 
Z. grandiflora ; foliis linearibus erectis obtusis scapo multo brevioribus, spatha 
monophylla, pedunculo breviore, perianthio infundibulari pedunculo 
duplo longiore. 
Amaryllis minuta. Humb. et Bonpl. nov. gen. et sp. 1.278. Kunth. 
synops. 1.285. 
Bulbus ovz columbini magnitudine, nigro-brunneus. Folia 3, 4-6-uncialia, 
erecta, linearia, utrinque glaberrima, apice rotundata, subacuta, lete viridia, 
versus basin paulo rubro suffusa. Scapus cum flore pedalis, teres, Jistulosus, 
glaber, late viridis, bast coloratus, uniflorus. Flos in pedunculo suberecto, 
sesquiuncialt insidens. Spatha pedunculo brevior, monophylla, 3-fissa, parte 
hbera, integerruma, latertbus involutis, patente. Perianthium infundibulare, 
3 uncias longum, lete rubicundum, tubo inferiore pallide virente; lacinie 
ovales, subequales, usque ad medium divise, exterioribus interiores imbri- 
cantibus, marginibus fere ad basin usque liberis. Stamina inclusa, perian- 
thio multo breviora, fauce tubi inserta, non declinata. Antherse lineares, 
versatiles. _Ovarium breve, trigonum, triloculare, multiovulatum; ovula 
compressa, disticha. Stylus Jiliformis, declinatus, sursim clavatus, antheris 
longior, perianthio brevior, Stigma: trilobum, crassum, lobis recurvis, 
Capsula brevissime pedicellata, vestigiis spathe rupte vestita, trilocularis, 
semi-trivalvis, valuule medio septifere, late, rotundate, apiculate, medio 
extus, & regione dissepimenti, canaliculate. Semina numerosa, distiché 
¢mbricata, ope funicule brevissimi, tenutssimi placente affixa, compressa, 
‘semiovata ; testa purpureo-nigra, lucida, membranacea, ad apicem et dor- 
sum laxa; chalaza membrana apicis interior, pallida, subrugosa. Embryo 
obliquus, in axi albuminis carnosi, copiost cylindricus, 2 tertias axis occu- 
pans, paulo eccentricus ; radicula apice imo, hilo proximo, albumine incluso ; 
plumula minima, é latere embryonis versis basin erumpens, et apice suo 
semper denudato!! nec embryonis substantia supertecto. 
A beautiful new species of Zephyranthes, native of 
Mexico, where it does not seem to be uncommon, especially 
in the cool high country about Real del Monte and Cerro 
Ventoso. Introduced this spring for the first time. Our 
