( 3944 ) 
ALSTREMERIA PSITTACINA; var. Eremboildti 
(hybrid.). AtstrRamERIA; Mr. EremBovucpr’s 
hybrid variety. 
SKK ERE EEE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
‘ Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AMARYLLIDEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perigonium corollinum superum, sexpartitum, subcam- 
panulatum, regulare v. subbilabiatum, /olzola interiora an- 
gustiora, duo basi subtubulosa. Stamina 6, imo perigonio 
inserta ; filamenta erecta v. declinata ; anthere ovales, erec- 
te. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovula in loculis pluri- 
ma, horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis, directione 
staminum ; stigma trifidum, lobis replicatis. Capsula ob- 
longa y. globosa, tri-sexcostata, trilocularis, loculicido- 
trivalvis v. rarius baccata indehiscens. Semina in loculis 
plura subglobosa, horizontalia ; testa membranacea, rugo- 
sa; rhaphe immerso wmbilicum basilarem chalaze apicali 
tuberculiformi jungente. Embryo axilis, albumine carnoso 
dimidio brevior, extremitate radicularit umbilicum attin- 
gente.—Herbe in America Tropica et Australi extra-tropica 
indigene, radicibus tuberoso-fasciculatis ; caule folioso, erec- 
to, scandente v. volubili; floribus terminalibus umbellatis. 
Nees ab Esenbeck. 
Specific Name, &c. 
Atstrameria psittacina. (See our Tab. 3033 for Specific 
Character and Synonyms. ) 
Var. Erembouldti (hybrida)—(Tab. nostr. 3944.) 
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Communicated in July, 1837, by Dr. Granam from the 
Edinburgh Garden, under the name of AtstrameRiIA Erem- 
bouldti, 
