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suaded us of the inexpediency of separating the two with- 

 out actual proof. 



((3) is a known native of the Cape of Southern Africa, 

 and has been frequently imported from the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Wc have no doubt that («) is from the same re- 

 gion, and that its supposed West Indian origin has arisen 



entirely from its 



having 



been mistaken for the plant of 



Sloane, Hermann, Swartz, and others, who have in view 

 Amaryllis equcstris, long confounded with Amaryllis Bel- 

 lad 



onna. 



The drawing was taken at INIr. ColvilFs Nursery, where 

 the plant flowers freely and ripens seed. 



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