( 3542 ) 
Hipprastrum amBicuum: var. 1. longiflora. AmBre- 
vous Knient’s-star Lity: var. 1. long-flowered. 
RAR OR OR Os ON 2S Os Ons Os OS 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaryLLivEd. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium declinatum, tubo infra abbreviato, mem- 
brana fauciali non annulari, limbo quater dispare ; Scapus 
spathaceus cavus, capsula trivalvis, semina testa nigra. 
W. Herbert. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Hirrrastrum ambiguum; perianthio tubuloso, sezmentis 
intus rubro bistriatis, fauce leviter barbata, stylo fila- 
menta superante perianthium subequante stigmate 
trifido. 
Var.1. Longiflora ; perianthio 8 unciali. Ex Lima, Pe- 
ruvie allata. Tab. nostr. 3542. 
Var. ll. Tweediana ; perianthio subsexunciali. Specim. 
Herb. Hooker. (Tweedie.) Ex Brasilia meridionali ? 
WH, 
Several bulbs of this plant were received from J. MacLean, 
Esq. by Mr. Murray, from Lima, and have flowered mag- 
nificently in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. The inflores- 
cence is remarkably like that of the mules obtained by the 
admixture of H. solandriflorum with H. Regina-vittatum, 
crossed again with vittatum. The beard is fainter than in 
H. vittatum, and the plant occupies an intermediate situa- 
tion between this species and H. solandriflorum. Whether 
it be a garden production at Lima, or exhibits a natural 
local variation of the Genus, we have no means of ascer- 
taining ; it seems principally distinguished from ‘T'wEEDIE’s 
specimen 
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