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wliich they enclose, the points and part of the anthers
sticking to the hack of the stigmas: anthers linear, extending
beyond the stigmas. Ovarium smooth, slender at
the base, and thickening upwards. Style short, smooth,
pale purple. Stigmas 3, spreading, linear, a little dilated
upwards, bifid, the segments linear, acute, spreading. Capsule
oblong, 6-channelled, every other channel deeper,
3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds angular, horny, close-pressed
on each other.
Several bulbs of this beautiful plant, with many others,
were received, last Spring, by Mr. J. B. Mackay, of the
Clapton Nursery, that had been collected on an Island in
the Bay of Maldonado, by Mr. J . Anderson, the Collector
on board of Captain King’s ship, who has made a great
collection of plants and seeds, in and near the Straits of
Magellan, some of which Mr. Mackay expects to receive
shortly.
The present very distinct genus, which we believe has
never before been published, we have named in compliment
to the Honourable and Reverend William Herbert, Author
of an interesting work on the Amaryllidece, and who, we
believe, possesses the greatest number of species of bulbs
in this country, which he cultivates with great success, at
his seat at Spoiforth, near Harrogate, Yorkshire.
The bulbs of this plant require the same sort of treatment
as the common Tiger-flower, Tigridia pavonia; to be
planted out in a border of light sandy soil in Spring; and,
after flowering, to be taken up and kept dry, out of the
reach of frost till the following Spring; or if left in the
ground all tho Winter, they will require covering, like the
Cape bulbs; if grown in pots, an equal mixture of turfy
loam, peat, and sand, will suit them very well. Seeds ripen
plentifully, so that we hope to see it shortly in general
cultivation.
1. The 3 inner segments o f the Perianthium. 2. The three Stamens, with
their filaments united in a tube, but distinct at the points, the tube split open.
3. Style, and three Stigmas. 4. Uipe Capsule, open at the top, showing the
three partitions. 5. One o f the Seeds.