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AMARYLLIS Regina. Mexican Lity. 
(HMR RG ie leleiinietesiabeseieas 
} —_ Clafs aud Order. 
HexanprRiaA MonocGyNia. ; 
Generie CharaGer. See 
- Cor, hexapetaloidea irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta, 
declinata, ineequalia proportione vel direétione. Linn. fil, — 
- 
Se Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
_ AMARYLLIS regine fpatha fubbiflora, pedicellis divaricatis, | 
— _ corollis campanulatis breve tubulofis nutantibus, 
= fauce tubi hirfuta, foliis lanceolatis patulis. 
Ss Linn, fil. Ait. Kew. 416. Mill. ic. p. 16. t. 24. 
LILIUM americanum puniceo flore Belladonna diétum, Herm. 
“nea aot: Pets 204, Bfgd. oh eee ; 
bs t 
pws 
Descr. “Bulb green, {cape round, fomewhat flattened : 
“ Corolla fcarlet, with a bottom of a whitifh green, the three 
“outer petals round at the tip, the three inner fringed at _ 
_ “ the bafe; the ftyle red, the flower ftems feldom rife 
“more than one foot high; each ftem fupports two,’ three, 
“or four flowers, rarely more; they are large, and of a 
_“ bright copper colour, inclining to red; the {pathe which — 
“ cover the buds before they open, divides into two partsto 
“ the bottom, ftanding on each fide the umbel of flowers | 
“joined to the peduncles. ~ 4 See 
* It flowered in Mr. Farrcutip’s garden at Hoxton, in 
“ 1728, when the late Dr. Jam | gu 
. of into be drawn, and wrote 
“ gave it the title of Lilium 
or April. : ae ee 
“ Not being fo hardy as fome others, it muft be pl a 3 
** will be {trong. 
“ Ivis increafed by offsets.” Mill. Didi. ed Mart, 
