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Haprantuaus ANpDERSONI, var. «, Texanus. 
ANDERSON’S HaBRANTHUS, Texas var. 
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Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaArRyYLLIDEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Germen medio constrictum ; tubus equales. Filamenta 
declinata, fasciculata, recurvata, quaterna longitudine. Sty- 
lus declinatus, recurvatus. Semzna cumulata, complanata 
nigra.—F los sub sole patentior. Herb. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Haprantuus* Andersoni; bulbo parvo obovato, foliis an- 
gustis 5—6-uncialibus, scapo unifloro subrubescente, 
3—4-unciali. Spatha unciali apice diviso, pedunculo 
1i unciali, germine subrubescente, corolla 13-unciali 
aurea y. cuprea striis externis et fundo subfusco-rubes- 
cente, tubo 4-unciali membrana intus clauso, laciniis 
externis imbricantibus, filamentis internis longioribus ; 
summo brevissimo stylo longiore. Herd. 
Hasrantuus Andersoni. Herb. in Bot. Reg. t. 1345, Herb. 
Amaryllid. p. 167. ee 
(y.) Texanus ; perianthii laciniis rotundate obtusioribus. 
Herb. 
Of this pretty Hasrantuus, four varieties are noticed by 
Mr. Herserr in the Bot. Reg., all, apparently, from Monte 
Video. The plant must have an extended range. I pos- 
sess specimens from Buenos Ayres gathered by — 
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* From afpos, delicate, and avbos, a flower. 
