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AMARYLLIS insignis 



Roxburgh's Amaryllis, 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI^. 



Nat. ord. Narcissi. Jussieugen. 64. Div. If. Germen inferum. 



Amaryllidk£. Brown prod. 1. 206. Seet. J. Radix 

 bulbosa. Flores spathacei umbellati, raro solitarii. 

 AMARYLLIS. Suprd voi. 3. fol. 226. 



Div. BulbispemuB ; foliis muUifariis. 

 A. inaignis (sessiliflora) foliis numerosis patentibus lorato-acuininatis planius- 

 culis margine scabro; floribus subd^nis limbo natante patentissimo obso- 

 lete bilabiate subaequante tubum. 

 Crinum latifolium. Roxburgh corom. ined. (exclusis synonymis). NobU m 

 joum. of science and the arts. 3. 114; (excluso sgnonymo Amaryllidis 

 iatifolix cum omni tynonymi&). 



Bulbus porraceo-caudescem. Folia nunierosa, multifariim patentia, 

 latO'Sutmlata (lorato-attenuataj, gramineo-virentia, nonglauca, ^4-pedalia 

 V. uUri, latitudine 3-4 unciali, margine scabro. Scapus lateralis^ 3-pedalii, 

 totut dihtt^purpurascens, rare tenuissimo canescetu, tereti-eompr earns. Flores 

 tvhdeni, sessila, roseo-candicantes, pomeridiani »t in proximi affinibus 

 ornate, zeylanicd, Sfc, novemunciales, bracteis conspieuis inter stincti; tubui 

 vires(xtts: limbus campanulato-patens, obsoleti bilabiatus, lacinHs obUmgis 

 lanceokttis. Antherse ex luteit cineraacentes. 



A magnificent species, introduced by Mr. Griffin, who 

 receiyed the bulbs from Ceylon. Plants of it flowered this 

 summer in the hothouse at South Lambeth, where many of 

 the finest and most curious plants of this natural family 

 have first appeared amongst us. 



Insignis is nearly allied to zej/lanica, omatay giganieOf 

 and latifolia. In the first, however, the leaves are conspi- 

 cuously undulate, smooth at the edge, narrower, shorter, 

 and with a thicker midrib, the flowers much redder, the an- 

 thers dark brown, and the bulb not elongated into a leek- 

 like neck. Omata is altogether a far smaller plant with 

 fewer leaves, which are strongly channelled, and the limb of 

 the corolla is considerably shorter than the tube. In gigantea 

 the leaves are broad and oblong, and narrowed at both 

 ends. In latifolia^ with which our plant has been con- 



