( 3528 ) 
_AmARYLLIS psiTTacina, hybrida. Hybrid 
var. of the Parrot AMARYLLIS. 
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Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaryLupeE&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 6-partita, regularis vel ringens, fauce nuda vel 
squamis coronata. Stamina declinata vel recta. Capsula 
trilocularis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Amarytuis psittacina ; biflora subsemiringens, tubi mem- 
brana brevissima bicolori denticulata, staminibus in- 
clusis. 
Amary.uis psittacina. Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 199. Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. 1204. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 50. 
Hysriva: 4-flora, perianthii laciniis angustioribus. 
Amaryius psittacina-Johnsoni. Gowan in Hort. Soc. 
Trans. v. 5. p. 361. (Tab. nostr. 3528.) 
For this truly splendid Hybrid, the offspring, it is re- 
ported, of AMARYLLIs Johnsoni (itself, I believe, a hybrid,) 
fertilized by the pollen of A. psittacina, the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden is indebted to the late Lord Carrnarvon. The 
first notice we have of it is from Mr. Gowan, in the Horti- 
cultural Transactions above quoted, where he observes :— 
«It was given to Lord Carrnarvon by my friend, W. 
Grirrin, Esq., who raised it in his hothouse at South Lam- 
beth, previous to the year 1820. The knowledge of its 
parentage led me to form great expectations of its beauty, 
and to pay it particular attention. It has grown rapidly 
here, and a few days ago produced two scapes, which have 
just 
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