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AsTRo@MERIA Lictu. Srripep-FLOWER’D 
ALSTRGMERIA. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
HeExANDRIA MoNnoGyYNIA. 
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- Generic Charaéter. 
Corolla 6-petala, fub-bilabiata: petalis 2 inferioribus bafi tu- 
bulofis. Stamina declinata. — 
< Specific Character and Synonynts. 
_ALSTRCEMERIA Ligtu caule ereéto, foliis fpathulato- 
oblongis, pedunculis umbelle involucro 
longioribus, corolla bilabiata. Linn. 
Syft. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. Suppl. p. 207- 
Amen. Acad. V. 6. p. 247- 
HEMEROCALLIS floribus purpurafcentibus ftriatis. Few. 
Peruv. 2. p. 710. t. 4. : 
_ Fhis plant receives its generic name from CLavup1us 
AustTromer (fon of Sir Jonas AtstrRa@mer, amolt refpeét- 
able Swedifh Merchant) who firft found the other moft beau- 
tiful {pecies the Pelegrina in Spain, whither it had been tran{f- 
mitted from Peru ; its trivial name Ligiw is a provincial one. 
According to Fewiitex, who has written on the plants of 
Peru, this fpecies is found on the banks of the rivers in Chill: 
we treat it, and fuccefsfully, as a ftove plant; its flowers, which 
ufually make their appearance in F ebruary and March, emit 
a fragrance fearcely inferior to Mignonet; its leaves, con- 
trary to moft others, grow inverted, which is effeéted by a twift 
of the footftalk, and afford an excellent example of Lin- 
n£us’s Folium refupinatum; the filaments, after the pollen 1s — 4 
difcharged, turn upwards, and the anthere become almoft 
_ globular. 
Itis ufually propagated by parting its roots in Autumn. 
Ps les drawn from a plant which flowered extremely ~ Z 
_ Well in the ftove of Mefirs, Grimwoop and Co, Kenfingtom- 4 
