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AMARYLLIS rutila. 



Vermilion -jioivered AmurijUh. 



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HEX ANURIA MUSOQYNUL 



CAL. 0. Cor. supera, nutans v. erecta, tubulosa {>-fida, inftmdibuli- 

 formis ad hexapetalodi-partitam rotatam ; irregularis regularisve : lacunar 

 asquilongae, similes, recurvae v. rar6 connivtntes. Fit* inclusa, medio 

 disco v. sunimo tubo insita, declinato-assuigentia , raro erecta, rarius 

 conniventia. A nth. versatiles. Stylus inclinatus, corolla aecjualis. Stig. 



apex apertus v. 3 replicata. Caps, membraaacea, oblongo-trigona v. 



oblato-sphreroidea 8c trisulca, 3-loc, 3-valv., valvis medio septigeiis ': 

 semina biseriata, paleaceo-complanata, v. vane pressa, v. globosa, nunc 



iinicum einollescente albumiue bulboso-laxatum replens v. dilacerans tap- 

 sulam. 



# Bulbus tunhatus. Folia crassiuscu/a, ah angUite ad late lorafa, ah 



bifariis ad plurima multif 

 tntia. Spatba communis scapum termi 



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funiculi) sua J) 



A. rutila, spatha subbiflora, celeriter arescente ; floribus incluso-pedi- 

 cellatis, nutantibus, breviter tubiilosis ; limbo turbinate oblique riu* 

 gente, laciniis 3 superioribus redexo-conmventibus, inferioribus por- 

 recto-divaricatis, imu duplo angustiore, distantiore : fauce tubi inula. 



Bulbus subrotundus, albus, miniato-macidatus. Folia S-plurima, tnfaria 9 

 subpedalia, sublanceolato-lorata, infra unci am lata, apice obtusnla. Scapus 

 extra folia, compresso-teres, glaucus, pedalis, crassdudine pennce olorincc. 

 Spatha 2-valvis, pedicellis duplo longior, cito arescens, nee arrecta. Germ. 

 oblongum, obtuse trigonum, t ubo bis brexius , $-striatum % viride, fcetum ovulU 

 numerosis cumidatis complanatis. Cor. subquadriuncialis, in hiatu miniato- 

 micans, saturatiiis striata, fundo ochroleuco sexradiato : tubus subseminicialis, 

 trigonus, germini ceqidcrassus : linibus turbimto-campamdatus, 2-labiatus ; 

 lac. elongato-lanceolatrz, undulatce, 3 exter. latiores, carinatce, mucronatcr^ 

 laterales 2 mediam summum versus obliquatce, inter, muticce : ima media 

 lineari-lanceolata, antrorsum directa. Fil. miniata, declinato-incurva, alterna 



inaia. 



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An unrecorded species, and not known in our collec- 

 tions, until very lately imported by Mr. Griffin, from 

 whose botanical pursuits we have already derived the in- 

 troduction of other new and curious plants. It was received 



by the way of Portugal, from St. Paula in the Brazils. 



