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Amaryllis Humilis. Divaricate- 

 Petaled Amaryllis. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Fid. N um - 661. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



AMARYLLIS humilis (umbella multiflora) foliis linearibus, 

 fubcanaliculatis, obtufatis; corolla recurvato- 

 patentiflima, fubirregulari ; laciniis ligulatis, 



unguiculatis, csefim aflurgentibus, furfum un- 



dulatim crifpantibus, infimis binis divaricatis ; 

 genitalibus affurgentibus ; ftigmatibus trinis, 

 patentibus. G. 



AMARYLLIS humilis. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. p. 36. /. 69. 

 JVilld. Sp. PI. 2. 60. 



Specie! tituJus infelicior ob fcapum non raro bipedalem. G. 



This differs from undnlata (No. 369) in having its leaves 

 more bluntly pointed, the corolla more irregular, outer feg- 

 ments without the cornif'orm mucro that exifts in the other, 

 the two lower of thefe divaricating edgeways, and further in 

 having three very diftinct filiform patent ftigmas. 



Bulb tunicate, ovate-oblong, enveloped by numberlefs very 

 thin integuments, formed by an intermediate duftiie web, of 

 very (lender filky tough fibres, coated with a gloffy fmooth 

 cuticle or membrane. Leaves oblong-linear, fomeu-hat chan- 

 nelled, rounded at their points. Stem round, longer than the 

 leaves, terminated by a bivalved fpathe, which furrounds an 

 umbel with from fix to twenty flowers, without fcent, of a 

 purplifh rofe colour variegated with paler tints ; pedicles fili- 

 form and longer than the fpathe. Corolla, fo deeply fix-parted 



that 



