AMARYLLIS P I C T A. 



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IYiik, from thcseedcarp to the division of the petal*, one inrh; uud of a 



rich deep brown, produced by Ihc dark red markings suffiised with yellowish 



green, which latter colour extends beyond the red, and delicately shades Iho 



petals, particularly up the centre, lor half their length. Whoh* Im^Ui of iho 



flower nearly six inches. Pistyl and Mnmons whitr. utwn towards tin- Imiw. 



The tfaroal fringed. Petals of a pah- cream colour, (In* two uppermost inner 



petals strongly marked with dark carmine strife towards the throat; their 



substance i* thick and spongy, giving to the flower a little of the peculiar 



solid appearance of Lilium Japonicumj bul the edges considerably waived. 



Flowers inclined on their peduncles much in the position of those of 

 Equcstris. 



From some mistake or labels it cannot be asserted positively whether the 

 bulb wan imported from Maranhnm, or raised from seed of Solandrifloro, in 

 llu- rolhdion of It, IIarhison Esq. where it flowered as here represented, in 

 April, 1830. There \» a strongly marked character of intli\ ultialit v in flu* 

 whole appearance of the plant, and if not a distinct species, it is at least a 

 very beautiful novelty as a variety 





