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AMARYLLIS coranica. 
Corana Amaryllis. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Nancissi. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. II. Germen in- 
ferum. 
AMABYLLIDEE. Brown prod. 290, 
AMARYLLIS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 23. 
A. coranica, foliis bifariis alternê utròque versùs falcato-obliguatis serru- 
latis; scapo plano duplo altiore umbellâ numerosâ; corollis regula- 
ribus infundibuliformibus revolutis duplo longioribus pedicellis: tube 
duplo breviore limbo. 
Bulbus ovato-sphæricus, diametro sæpè novemunciali, integumentis nervoso- 
membranaceis fere. innumeris extern? versis in crustam crassam duram et 
Sragilem conferruminatis tectus. Folia 6-12, lorata, sesuncialia ad bipedalia, 
maximum sesguiunciam lata, glauca, suprà convexiuscula et striata. Scapus 
lateralis, inclinatus, plano-anceps, glaucus. Spatha bivalvis, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, sphacelata, lores 20-40, laziüs et comveriìs umbellati, suscessivis 
vesperis dispandentes, odorati, purpureo-pallescentes at subtristà e opac? : 
E icelli teretes, subunciales, ramentis bracteaceis interstincti, neque ac in 
RUNSVIGIA cum fructu clavato-elongandi, Germen breve, „oblongum, roe 
tundatum, polyspermum, ovulis 15 circitêr in singulo loculo biseriatim congestis. 
‘Corolle tubus ‘subuncialis, rotundato-trigonus, fauce nudá ; limbus eodem. 
duplo longior, turbinato-campanulatus, supernê revolutus, laciniis ad basin 
usque distantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, subequalibus, lineas 2 circitêr latis, 
alternis hamato-apiculatis. Stam. § parte breviora limbo, erecto-divergentia : 
fil. ori tubi imposita, corolla concolora : anth. lineares, post anthesin lunulato- 
curvaiee, incumbentes, vibratiles. Stylus filamentorum concolor, tristriato» 
filiformis, parüm attenuatus, inclinatus, flori agualis : sg. punctum obtusum. 
Besides being new and ornamental, the present species 
has a claim to our interest as the first. fruit offered to the 
ublic from the long and arduous expedition of Mr. W. J. 
Burchell This meritorious traveller has recently returned 
to his country after an absence of more than five years, 
four of which have been unremittingly occupied in ex- 
ploring the regions adjoining the settlements at the Cape 
of Good Hope, in such directions and for such distances as 
- have enabled him to investigate vast tracts not visited by 
any European. Zeal for science prompted the undertak- 
ing, and his own purse has defrayed the expense o it. 
He is now preparing a narrative for publication from t e 
sources of a very copious journal. This will be followed 
by a separate work devoted wholly to natural history; 
