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AMARYLLIS Banksiana. 



The Banksian Amaryllis 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. Oi'd. AMARYLLIDACEiE. 



AMARYLLIS. Supra vol. 9./ol. 714 



A. Banksiana ; foliis erectis obtusis glaucescentibus scapo multifloro brevio- 

 ribus, umbella divaricata, pedunculis gracilibus floribus tripl6 longiori- 



bus, perianthio atroroseo. 

 A. grandiflora, var. 2. Banksiana. Herbert Amaryll. p. 279. t. 32./. 2. 



For the inspection of this beautiful plant I am indebted 

 to J. H. Slater, Esq., of Newiek Park, near Uckfield, who 

 imported it from the Cape. If the name quoted from Mr. 

 Herbert is correct, the species must have been introduced 

 many years ago, for there is a leaf and a flower of it in the 

 Banksian herbarium from the Kew Gardens. It is certainly 

 very near the A. grandiflora, figured at t. 1335 of this work, 

 but the shorter peduncles seem to distinguish it satisfactorily, 

 independently of the different colour and expansion of the 

 flowers. It is, however, to be observed, that in our figure 

 the inflorescence is too compact. 



Fig. 1. represents a vertical section of one cell of the ovary, 

 and fig. 2. a transverse section of the whole ovary, showing, 

 what is not uncommon in the Amaryllidaceous order, that 

 the dissepiments merely touch each other in the axis, with- 

 out actually uniting. 



It is a greenhouse plant, and grows well in a rich free 

 soil consisting chiefly of sandy loam. The principal points to 

 be attended to in its cultivation are to keep it in a vigorous 

 healthy state while growing, by placing it in a light situation, 

 and giving it plenty of water, and when the leaves die off to 

 keep it warm and dry. It flowers in the autumn, and is 

 multiplied by off-sets, or by seeds, when they can be ripened. 



