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AMARYLLIS AUREA. GOLDEN AMARYLLIS. 
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Clafs and Order. 
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Generic Charafter. ee ee 
| Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi Piotia, 
_ declinata, inzequalia proportione vel direétione. Linz, Fil. p. 415. 
— Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
_AMARYLLIS aurea corollis bafi tubulofis fexpartitis, laciniis 
ae linearibus undulatis, ftaminibus corolla brevi- _ 
a, oribus. L’Herit. Sert. Angl. p. 14. t. 15. 
- AMARYLLIS aurea floribus pedicellatis ereétiufculis, corollis 
: infundibuliformi-clavatis fubhexapetalis: laci- 
niis lineari-lanceolatis, ftaminibus piftilloque 
re&tis, foliis linearibus ereCtis canaliculatis mar-. 
gine reflexo glabro. Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. 1. 
p. 419. Mill. Did. ed. Mart. 
Mr. Arton in his Hort. Kew. informs us, that this elegant 
fpecies of Amaryllis was introduced from China, by Joun 
Forurrciti, M:D. in 1777, that it is a flove plant, and — 
flowers from Auguft to September. . a er ee 
There are but few of the Chinefe plants that require the heat 
of a ftove; the prefent fpecies would no doubt live in a good 
-greenhoufe, but the general praétice confirms the propriety of - 
giving it more heat, particularly when coming into bloffom ; 
- the flowering indeed of many greenhoufe plants, efpecially thofe 
of the bulbous and tuberous kinds, is greatly improved by a 
_ praétice of this fort. 
Such as wifh to fee a minute defcription of this plant, may 
~ confult the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Arron, or Prof, Martyn’s 
edition of Mriier’s Di@ionary; it will be fufficient for us 
to obferve, that it grows to about the fize of the Amaryllis 
Sormofiffina, that it is charaéterifed by the upright growth of 
its flowers, which are of a pale orange colour, having narrow 
and fomewhat undulated fegments, with a greenifh keel ; its 
_— ftyle is very long, and its ftigma bright red. 2 28 
..~ Like many other bulbs, it blows very irregularly, and is 
Se ee by offsets, which are produced in tolerable abun- 
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