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AMARYLLIS Candida, 



Peruvian Amaryllis, 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. md. Amaryllidex. Brown prod. 1. 206. Sccl. I. 

 AMAR YLliS. Supra vol. 3. fol, 220. 



A. Candida, flore solitarlo erecto, petalis obtusis subaequalibus connivcnti- 

 patcntibus ; gedtificulo spatliA uaivalvi pluri^s breviore ; staminibus ad- 

 scendentibus : autberis a doreo innatis non mobilibus ; foliis lincaribus 

 carnosis. 



Buibi parvi rotundi atri. Folia fasdculata l^aria plana glaberrima 

 camosa Icctt viridia, Umgiiudine iiuEtfuaHa, biunciaiia ad B-vneiaHa. Scapus 

 conformis erectus foliis loHgioi-ibus brevior, vnifiorus. Spatha membranacea 

 purptirascens kinc fissa fiore duplo brevior. Flos inodvrus erectus hrevithr 

 pcdunculatits non cum scapo continuus. Corolla alba bast viridesccju, petalis 

 subecqualibus ovatis obtusis sub umbrd semipatentibuSf sab sole expansis, node 

 conniventibus, semper anlem upice Croci more ivcurvis, tubo brevissimo. 

 Stamina petalis plasquam duplo brcviora, fauce tubi inserta, ^ualia, 

 ascendentia non decliuata ; aulhcrze innatee JiUimentis subcequales erecta nvn 

 versatilcs. Stylus (/ec/ina<us, staminibus paululum tomgior. Stigma, trilobum 

 nee trijidum, lobis apprcssis nee patenfibus ; ovarium triloculare ; ovula 

 earnosa disticha. Capsula deest: scdex ovulorvm visu semina forte rotunda 

 pisiformia. Undlry MSS. 



This species was sent to the Horticultural Society in 

 1823, from Peru, where it was collected, with many other 

 curious plants, by Mr. Cowan. It flowered in a cold frame 

 in May. 



The flowers close in the evening, or in the shade, in 

 the same manner as those of Crocus : a singular circum- 

 stance, which, we believe, has not been noticed in any other 

 species of Amaryllis. Lindley MSS. 



Bulbs small, round, black. Leaves fascicled, linear, flat, 

 quite smooth, fleshy, bright green, of from two to eight 

 inches long. Scape shorter than the leaves, compressed, 

 one-fiower^. Spathe membranous, opened on one side, 

 twice shorter than the flower. Flower without scent, up- 

 right, peduncled, not sitting upon the scape. Corolla 

 white, greenish below, petals ovale, ttearly even, obtuse, 

 half opened in the shade, wide opened in the sunshine, 



