AMARYLLIS PS ITT AC IN A. 



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Nat. Okukk- AMARYLLIDE/E— LlNPLKY. 



ItaL Itt'ff. IHW. Iltftjtvaxfrut}! Pxittitciuum, Mr. Hkniiku'i 





This hnlh was received at the Liverpool Botanic Garden from St Paul in 

 Brazil; in 1810. It in figured in iho Botanical Register, flfo 100, from n 

 plant in Mr. GaiFFijrt collection nl South Lambeth, where it is said to have 

 flowered for the firs! lime in this country in March ISI7, but the plant al the 

 Liverpool Garden flowered in great perfection, and was drawn by Miss Miller, 

 ail Hint time artisl to lite Itulanir Garden, in IHI8. 



The degree of red in the petals, as well as the form of the markings, seem 

 to vary a good deal in different individuals; perhaps some of the mosl beautiful 

 are lhase, in which the red stria* ore gradually blended ami harmonized with 

 tin- bright apple-green, which forma as it were, Iho ground colour of the petals : 

 a fleshy ridge surrounds Iho filament* at tin- mouth of the lube, though scarcely 

 one tenth thesizcof the ring or crown in Aulica, or Calyplrata^-Tho flowers 

 of the parrot Amaryllis both at the Botanic Garden ami at Mr. Hime«**aro 

 much larger and richer llian the figure in the Register, hut smaller ami patlcr 

 specimens are abo frequent. Mr, Hahison has a magnificent seedling from 

 Psiltacinu ami Julinsoni. 







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