AMARYLLIS STILOSA. 



Nat. ORDP.n— AMARYLLIDB/E.— Lixdi.ey. 



But May. 2-278. 



Tin* is another individual of the South American gronpe, separated from 

 Amaryllis, under Hip name of Hippeastrum, by Mr. HeBJienx, who at lirst 

 considered it us n variety of Bqucstro (var. I. Glabrifolia), but has since dis- 

 u'ngoished it as a different specie*, recognized by the form and posture •<( the 

 (lower; the length of the style and filaments, mid the style being longer instead 



of shorter than the corolla. The colour is also peculiar, nail resemble-. Hie great 

 Tawny Day Lily (Hemcrocallis Fulvn), more Ihiui any of the inhabitants of 

 our conservatories. 



The fanciful Knight's Star too, which is so conspicuous iu Bquestre, is 

 so small, ami 80 little rayed in Stilosa, as scarcely to assume any appearance of 

 a star, but is merely a dark green murk within the tube, terminating very 

 abruptly just at the throat. 



Bulbs were first received by Lord Carnarvon, from iUamnham and 

 Cayenne, in 1820: others have -inee been imported from Brazil; the pre. 

 one flowered in the Liverpool Botanic Garden, 



present 



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