596 



AMARYLLIS radir.ta. 



Snow -drop 'leaved Amaryllis 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNJA. 



Nat. orcl. Narcissi. Jussicu gen, 54. Div. II. Germen infcrum 



Amaryllide^. Broionprod.\.2d(i. Sect. I. 

 A MAR YLLIS. Supra vol. 3. fol. 22G. 



Div. VI. Corolke kexapetalo-partitte, subrotata. Folia hifaria. Nobis irv 



jouin. of science and the arts. 2. 302. 

 A.radiata, pluriflora, iioribus semiformibus : foliis lineari-ligulatis glaucis, 

 ' coroUci crispA, duplo geiiitalibus breviorc, laciniis omnibus v. 5 tantiJm in 

 labium superius semicirculatim radians approximatis. 

 Amaryllis radiata. LHiritier sert. aiujl. 16. Hort. Kew. 1. 421. ed. 2. 2. 

 228. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 60. Andrews's reposit. 95. Nobis in joum. oj 

 science and the arts. 2. 364. 



Her 



Willd. et Ni 



fi. imag. t. 35 ; (nan 



Yuk-lan. Chinensibus ; ex Roxburgh MSS. tibi tab. med. 



Bulbus ovatus, mole fere ovi columbini, tunica pallida fiiscd. Fol. «t&- 

 trina, lincari-ligulata, obtusula, invirorem obscuriorem gluucescentia,cana- 

 liculo medio lateribus planioribus glauciore, semunciam v. circd lata. Scapus 

 cJ*/.«»»^/e nd xesouinedalem, comnresso-teres, erectus, simul cum foliis --"- 



fi 



-fi 



pedunc. virides, 

 dm-itis brcviorcs. Cor. inodora, horizontali- 

 fert triunciali, divaricato-radians, semifor 



mi-irrenularis ccqualis : tubus viresccns, brevissimus, v. subnullus, deciirvus, 



comprisso-cylindracens, gcrminis subisoperimeter: hmbus 6-partitmumabm- 



tus V inu^Qualissime bilabiatns, laciniis distantibus hncari-lingulatis latitu- 



'....^ • .-• ^,;.^„^,,^,7;a.ic iinrliilnfis. cfinnliculatis mucronatis 



dine biluicari v. circa, suba;qnalibus 

 smycrnc rccurvis carina media dorsl viresccnte, omnibus aut summnm medtmn 

 vcrsiis in labium siq^erius convergcntibus aut nunc ex istis rina distantissima 

 sub staminibm pro labio wferiore per se manente. Fd. declmato-assurgentia, 

 corolla concolore duplo fcrmh longiora, prostani.,rdivergentia,firma, subulato- 

 elonaata, tubi ori inserta: anth. parvula;, oblongcB, vibratiles, cocctnecB, 



Jlavo. Stj'lus Jjlamentis^ conj 

 mqior (triuncialis v. ultra) ; st 



cans. Germ 



in qnoque locidamento 



Althoiio-h known in our hothouses ever since 1/50, it 

 has been rarely seen in flower; and the present is the first 

 instance we have ourselves witnessed. When the late 

 edition of the Ilortus Kewensis was published its coun- 



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