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AmARYLLIs ATAMaSco. ATAMASCO LILY: 
si de dick i dediakei si dada daa 
Cla/s and Order. 
HixAnprid MonocyYntas 
Generic Charaéfer. 3 
Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregulatis. Filamenta fauci tubi inferta, 
declinata, ineequalia proportione vel direttione. Linn. Fil. 
eg EOE ie Sr AeA es ee ceed te) yh Oe. eee 
Specific Character and Synonyms. : 
AMARYLLIS Aiama/co f{patha bifida acuta, flore pedicellato, — 
, corolla campanulata fubéquali ereéta bafi 
breve tubulofa, ftaminibus declinatis gequali- 
bus. Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. p. 416. a 
AMARYLLIS Atama/co fpatha uniflora, corolla equali, pif- 
tillo declinato. Linn. Spec. Pl. cd 3. p. 420. 
LILIO-NARCISSUS Indicts pumilus monanthus albus foliis 
; anguftiflimis Atamafco di€tus: Moris. 
ee on One. 13. 9: 966. t, dg. : 
LILIO-NARCISSUS virginienfis. Cate/b. Carol. 9. ps 122 
f 12. oes a 
LILIO-NARCISSUS liliflorus éardlinianus flore albo fingu- 
Jari cum rubedine diluto. Pluk. Almi 
£20. t. 49. fi 3: a 
The Amaryllis Atamafco is a native of Virginia and Caros 
lina, in which countries it grows very plentifully in the fields — 
and woods, where it makes a beautiful appearance when it is 
in flower, which isin the fpring. The flowers of this fortare 
produced fingly, and at their firft appearance have a fine — 
Carnation colour on theit outfide, but this fades away toa 
pale or almoft white before the flowers decay. This plant is 
fo hardy as to thrive in the open air in England, provided the 
roots are planted * in a warm fituation and on a dry foil; it~ 
may be propagated by offsets from thé roots, which they put 
out pretty plentifully, efpecially if they are not tranfplanted 
oftner than once in three years. Miller's Di. eG 
_ It is ufual with the Nurferymen about London to keep this — 
- plant in the greenhoufe, where it flowers about the end of | 
April. | Zeeks : a 
Mr. Cuarres Harton cultivated here in 1680, Ait, Kews 
on the authority of Morison. oe 
“Crayon in Grovov. Fl. Virg, fays maddidis gaudet locis, it delights te 
grow in wet places. — 
