Tab. 5645. 

 AMABYLLIS pardina. 



Spotted-floivered Amaryllis. 



Nat. Ord. Amaeyleide.3:. — Hexajtdeia Monogy>ia. 



Gen. Char. Perianthii tubus brevis v. 0, limbi subringentis lobis sub- 

 sequalibus recurvis, fauce saspius squamulosa. Stamina 6, fauce periauthii 

 inserta, filamentis liberis erectis v. declinatis ; antheraa versatiles. Ovarium 

 3-loculare; stylus elongatus, staminum directione, stigmate simplici v. 3-fido; 

 ovula plurima. Capsula membranacea, oblongo-3-gona v. depressa, 3-locu- 

 laris, 3-valvis. Semina plurima, globosa, compressa, marginata v. alata, v. 

 interdura abortu solitaria, carnoso-baccata, loculum v. capsulara implens. — 

 Herbae tropica? et subtropicse, bulbo tunicato. Folia scapo cocetanea v. sero- 

 tina. Spatha 2-valvis, \-co-flora. 



Amaeyeeis (§ Hippeastrum) pardina ; elata, foliis bifariis flore cosetaneis 

 late linearibus obtusis scapo robusto glauco basi rubro maculato bre- 

 vioribus, spathis 2-floris, periautbii 5-7 poll. diam. subinfuudibulifor- 

 mis tubo brevissimo intus fimbriato, lobis subsequalibus ovato-oblongis 

 acutis pallide stramineis creberrime miniato-puiictatis. staminibus de- 

 clinatis subaequalibus, stigmate obscure 3-lobo. 



A truly magnificent plant, discovered in Peru by Mr. 

 Pearce, collector to Messrs. Veitch, of the Royal Exotic 

 Nurseries, Chelsea, by whom it was flowered in March of the 

 present year. It is certainly the most striking species of the 

 genus known to me, and even Mr. Fitch's skill has failed to 

 give full effect to the dazzling contrast of the bright vermi- 

 lion spots on the translucent substance of the perianth. It 

 is a stove plant of easy cultivation, and a worthy rival of the 

 more temperate Lilium auratum. 



The genus Hippeastrum, of Herbert, which includes many 

 American species of Amaryllis, differs from this latter by such 

 very slight and variable characters, that it cannot be regarded 

 as of any practical value, and I therefore follow Endlicher in 

 regarding it, together with its allies Zephyranthes, Nerina, 

 Vallota, etc., as sections of the great and widely diffused and 

 very natural genus Amaryllis. 



Descr. Bulb clothed with pale brown, membranous scales. 

 juxe 1st, 18G7. 



