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COBURGIA versicolor. 



Changeable Coburgia. 





HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^e. (Subord. Amaryllide^e, § Pancrati 



FORMES. 



COBURGIA. Fide Supra, vol. II. p. 1 1 96. 



rsicolor; bulbo triunciali subrotundo collo producto, foliis glaucis atte- 

 nuate subobtusis 2 a pedalibus biunciam latis canaliculars dorso ecostato, 

 scapo ancipiti tripedali inferne sesquiunciam lato, spatha decidua, pen- 

 anthio versicolore ex miniato f ulvo-albescente, tubi^ parte inferiore un- 

 ciali tenui curvata, superiore sesquiunciali ventricosa^ limbo unciah la- 

 ciniis acutis subsemunciam latis macula extus magna viridi, intus alba 

 viridi-marginata, corona dentibus bilobis recurvis acutis vindibus, fila- 

 mentis albis Umbo brevioribus, stylo limbum superante.— Herbert in 



no 



'* This beautiful plant is the produce of the excursions of 

 J. Maclean, Esq. over the Peruvian Andes from Lima, where 

 he did not see it in flower, and the exact place of its growth 

 is not noted. 



"The large species of Coburgia are found deeply imbedded 

 in rich alluvial soil, in the clefts or on the summit of rocks, 

 and on the edge of precipices. They flower sparingly m their 

 native land, and much difficulty has been found in making 

 them bloom in Europe. Those who cultivate the bulbs for 

 sale, may plant them in the open ground, taking them up to 

 lie dry during the winter ; but, on the mountains where they 

 grow, the temperature varies less than with us, and the prin- 

 cipal division of season is dry and wet. There the Coburgia 

 preserves its leaf often the whole year, and flowers m the heat 

 of December and January, which answer to our June and 

 July, and that period has been preceded by the free growth 

 of the leaf. In order, therefore, to make the old bulbs flower, 

 we ought to obtain a vigorous state of growth before midsum- 



