876 
AMARYLLIS solandraeflora. jQ. vittdtd. 
Striped Amaryllis Solandrceflora* 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLlDiE. 
AMARYLLIS. V. supra, vol. 1. fol. 23. 
A'. »olandtmJU^Nt'f MJf^(^ pemntbio infundibulari subregulari, tubogtlH 
eiiliiao intftt Biido flmltd tongiore, stiginate obtusi 3>lobo. IJM* 
ley,GoU, bout, II, 
/3. vittata. 
Folia lorata, glaucescenila, sub a/tlhesi crecta, scapo multotks hreviora, 
postice recurva, marg'me pauhdum cartilagineo. Scapus ci/lindracens,Jlstii- 
losus, glaums, subbipedalis. Spalh^ viridis, erecta, pedunculis diiplo longior. 
Flores sulphurei, immacuhiti, pedicellati, cernui. Perianthiiim O-nnciale, 
infundibulare, subrcgulare, laciniis latis, ovato- lanceolatis, striatis : infima 
an gust i ore ; mar ginibus infra faucem nudum cum tubo connatis. Stamina 
declinata,fauce inserta, limbo paulo breviora, ea laciniis interioribus oppo- 
sita longiora. Ovarium trigonum, 'i-loculare, polt/spermum. Ovula plana, 
disticha. Stylus JUiformu, ttaminibus paulo longior. Stigma obttui tri- 
lobum. Lindl. I. c. 
A handsome variety of thi^ most distinct species of 
Amaryllis, originally imported from Cayenne, about five 
years ago, by Mr. Brookes, of the Ball's Pond Nursery, ft 
differs from the type of the species, principally, in having 
a faint crimson stain along the axis of the cater segments 
of the perianthinm ; and in the style being longer than the 
stamens. 
For our figure we are obliged to James Henry Slater, 
Esq. of Newick Park, near Uckfield ; from whose garden 
the plant was communicated some time ago*. 
In the work from which our description has been ex- 
tracted, it is stated, that " Notwithstanding the great and 
striking difference between this plant and Amaryllis vittata 
* In our article 867 under Eranthemum strictum, for John, read, James 
Henry Slater, Esq. Mr. Slater informs us he received that frfant, thro^b a 
friend, from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. 
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