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We have not seen the species in a growing state, but it 
‘appears, from. information communicated to us by Mr. 
‘Sweet, that it is very distinct from any other in cultivation. 
The bulb, which is like that of a Narcissus, has a long, 
slender neck, and the leaves are of a bright green colour. 
It also seems to possess the character of perfecting nearly 
all its seeds, of which in other fleshy-seeded species only 
a small number arrives at perfection. 
A hardy, green-house plant, flowering in April and 
May. Leaves linear-lanceolate, channelled, narrowed at 
the end, dark green, without elaucousness. Scape round. 
Umbel 4-5-flowered, with a many-leaved spatha, of which 
the outer divisions are broad, ovate, and withered, about 
half as long as the tube. Jowers sessile white; tube 
about 3 inches long, obscurely 6-cornered ; segments linear, 
hanging down, a little longer than the tube; corona rotate- 
turbinate, much shorter than the segments, toothletted at 
edge. Stamens rigid, from the margin of the corona, erect, 
much longer than corona, with green filaments. Style 
green, declinate, the length of stamens. Stigma capitate. 
Seeds fleshy. : 
J.L. 
