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HABRANTHUS pratensis. 



Meadow Habranthus. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^e. 



HABRA NTH US. Botanical Register, vol. 16. t. 1345. 



viridibus 



perianthio (coccineo) campanulato apice revoluto subobliquo vix tubato, 

 filamentis basi extus glandulosis, appendicibus faucis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, stigmate subsimplici. 



H. pratensis. Herb. Amaryllid. p . 159. 



Amaryllis pratensis. Poppig Synops. p. 5. 



For an acquaintance with this beautiful plant I am obliged 



to C. B. Warner, Esq. who received its bulbs from South 



Chile. It has a peculiarly brilliant appearance, on account of 



the contrast between the rich yellow at the bottom of its 



flowers and bright crimson of their limb. It altogether 



reminds one of the Hippeastra of the warm provinces of 

 Brazil. 



It is upon the authority of the learned Dean of Manches- 

 ter that I refer it to the Amaryllis pratensis of Poppig, who 

 says it occurs in the meadows of South Chile, near Antuco ; 

 but I have nevertheless some doubts of the identity of the 

 plants, for the species of Poppig is described with glaucous 

 leaves and serrated faucial appendages, while in that before 

 us the latter are entire and the former green. 



These faucial scales are unusually large in the subject of 

 our plate, and in fact rival what occur in the curious genus 

 Placea (t. 50. 1841). They are of the same nature as the 

 coronet or cup of Narcissus, but whether or not they also 

 represent the thick ring on the throat of Hippeastrum, and the 

 cup of Pancratium may be doubted. 



June, 1842. 



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