

A M A K Y LhJS PU h VERU h E N T A. 



II I P P E A S T R L M PlfLV E K t L IS X T U M, 



IhrhcrL 



A M A K YLLIS ACl M I N A T A. 



Bot. Reg. 534. 



Nat. Oiim:it— AMAKV IXIDK/E, -- LltfDLEY* 



TiW most striking feature of tin* plant, at alt times is ii* p-cvish powdered foliage, 

 mid Air. Herbert says, in hia Dissertation, « Pulvcrnlentum (bloom-leaved) was so 

 named by mo above n year a^o, (1820), ami die name adopted in the Liverpool 

 Catalogue, ami I believe by all who cultivated it in tliis country; the plant from 

 which the figure in the Mot. Keg. was taken, was so labelled in Air. Griffin's 

 collection* There are two or three varieties, in which the flowers arc of ft paler 



or deeper salmon colour* and sometimes they resemble gome of the varieties of 

 Knljjida, and Crocata* hut as it is remarked in tin- Hotaiiical Register, the plant 

 is sufficiently distinguished from hoih, by the foliage. Drawn from a specimen in 



the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



The sjKilhes soon wither, and are quite shrivelled by the time the flowers arv 



hilly expanded. The jietal* are not more jiointcd than those of Fiilgidu, mid several 



lUhers, therefore (he name of Acuminata is not nearly SO expressive ;w the original 



one of I'lr/reni/enta. 





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