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X.vr. Orpkr- \M \UYLM»E-*;. LfNDLBY* 



These pretty plants may bo at first siffhl distinguished from Amaryllis, by the 

 vvvtl position of ill** Mowers, aiul also hy Mir position of lite* filaments, which 

 diverge regularly from the centre, one assuming lite directum of eaeh |n*tnl» so 

 ns to turn* a sort of rrown. l*i*1il decumbent ; stigma deeply throe-cleft, while. 

 Peduncle slender, as Imttf as Ihe (lower. Hulli>. under the names Of Zephyran- 

 IhcsCarinalues, and /fhynnithesGrandiflora, have been nwivrd from IVru ami 

 Bffexico, at the Liverpool Garden, and by Mr. Harrison, which bloom w ex- 

 actly alike, that even Mr. Henry SiiBFWRnnVacutc botanical discrimination, 

 could nol discover nnj difference, when wo examined several plant* of both, in 

 llower al the same time, in May, 1881. 



All the specie* are said in ihe Botanical ReffUito^ to bo natives or West- 

 ern Countries, and hence probably Ihe origin of tin* name Zcphvranllies, given 

 by Mr. Herbert, signifying literally "The flower of the Wert wind/' and 

 gently should '/epln ne* breullie over subject* of so frail and delicate a lovliire : 

 fur though the roots will live and grow in a warm border, in mild seasons, 

 Hie beauty of the flowers is entirely destroyed by exposure to the clement*. 

 Pir*d bronchi to England from Mexico, in 1845. 



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This exquisitely delicate little Lily, is so similar in form and habil to the 

 above, a$ scarcely to appear distinct from it in description, hut it in less than 

 half llu- M/e, and of a deeper rose-colour; the leaves also ore flatter, and its 

 lime of floweriug is later. This specimen was from II. Harbison's, Esq. lOlh 

 July, 1845. M. Gdillemin thinks it is probably Ihe Amaryllis Simula of 

 Kunth, in ihe l4 Nova Species Planlarum:" the last edition of the Hortu* 

 Cantabrigioniti** records ite introduction from the Savannah, iu l&l'Z* 



