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* PYROLÍRION aúreum. 
Golden F lame-lily. 
cc ES eae 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEA. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 259.) | 
PYROLIRION. Herbert. — Scapus uniflorus, cavus. Flos sessilis, 
campanulato-infundibularis, erectus, laciniis egualibus acutis apice recurvis, tubo 
cylindraceo spathz bifide subeguali. Stamina egualiter patentia, tubi fauce 
nuda inserta; tribus longioribus. Anthere biloculares. Ovarium 3-loculare, 
polyspermum, ovulis horizontalibus planis; s/igma trifidum : laciniis linearibus 
apice dilatatis. 
P. aureum. Herbert in Bot. Mag. append. p. 37. 
Amaryllis peruviana. Poir. enc. meth. suppl. 1.315. Ker in Bot. Mag. 1089. 
Rómer et Schult. Syst. Veg. 7. 805. 
Amaryllis aurea. Fl. Peruv. vol. 3. t. 286. a. p- 56. 
Bulbus subrotundus, paululum | turbinatus, pallide fuscus, castanee 
parve magnitudine. Folia 2na v. solitaria (in cultá), lineuria, apice angus- 
fata, atroviridia, canaliculata, apice recurva. Scapus teres, cavus, uniflorus, 
in cultá foliis brevior, in spontaneis longior, et robustior. Spatha membra- 
nacea, bifida, tubo paulo longior. Flos sessilis in scapo, amené aureus, in 
cultá vix 3-pollicaris, in spontanea 4-poll. Perianthium infundibulare, in 
tubum angustatum, supra tubum subventricosum, vel quasi anguste campanu- 
latum, sed nullo modo abruptè constrictum ut in icone Fl. Per. que ad sic- 
cum confecta videtur. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, usque ad tubum distincta, 
ibi conferruminata ; Petala conformia, omma equalia, et equaliter patentia. 
'Stamina fauce tubi inserta, filamentis versus basin sensim incrassatis, sed ne- 
quaquam ex squama oriundis ; tria paululum breviora; omnia equaliter 
Potentia.  Antherz lineares, versatiles. Ovarium oblongum, cum scapo conti- 
nuum, obscure trigonum, triloculare, polyspermum ; ovula plana, horizonta- 
s Stylus simplex, teres ; stigmata 3, linearia, apice dilatata, minute papil- 
osa. 
— 
Introduced from Peru by Richard Harrison, Esg. of Li- 
verpool, and communicated to us in flower in April last. 
It is said by the authors of the Flora Peruviana to be com- 
* Literally Fire-lily, from the colour of the flowers. 
