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ALSTRCEMERIA lineatiflora. 



Lined Alstrcemeria. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^e. 

 ALSTRCEMERIA. Botanical Register, vol. 1839. fol. 13. 



A. lineatiflora; foliis oblongis obtusis basi angustatis superioribus verti- 

 cillatis, corymbi pedunculis subtrifloris, sepalis obovato-cuneiformibus 

 cuspidatis, petalis angustioribus lanceolatis basi canaliculatis. 



A. lineatiflora, Fl. Peruv. 3. 60. t. 289. Romer fy Schultes Syst. veg. 1 0. 739. 



A. Ligtu, var. 2. Herbert Amaryll. p. 92. 



At last we have the pleasure of publishing the true 

 Alstrcemeria lineatiflora, from Peruvian roots presented to the 

 Horticultural Society by John Maclean, Esq. of Lima. It is 

 one of the finest of its class, and although, doubtless, very 

 near A. Ligtu, peregrina, and pulcra, apparently distinct from 

 either. 



In addition to the discriminating marks between these 

 beautiful species, pointed out by the learned investigator of 

 the genus, (Herbert Amaryllid. p. 9S,) it will be found that 

 A. pulcra has the sepals and petals constantly serrated, which 

 is never the case in the other three, and that the form of their 

 leaves or sepals affords clear marks for further discrimination. 

 In A. lineatiflora the leaves are short, very blunt, and of 

 nearly equal size ; in A. peregrina they are also of nearly 

 equal size, but very sharp ; and in Ligtu the upper are very 

 narrow and taper-pointed. Then, as to the sepals \ in A. 

 peregrina they are deeply obcordate, in pulcra narrow, spatu- 

 late, obovate with a little point, in Ligtu roundish obovate 

 with a very small point, and in lineatiflora obovately wedge- 

 shaped with a large point. By these marks it appears that 

 these species may be certainly distinguished ; and that being 



