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Amaryllis Revoluta. Changeable- 

 Flowered Amaryllis. 



Generic Character. — Fid. No. 923*. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



AMARYLLIS revoluta ,• (bulbus ovato ghbofus, grandior : 

 folia pauca f. plurima ambienter fafciculata t ex 

 ortu convoluto-compaclo cretto-divergentia, ex- 

 terior a fcepius recumbenter diffufa ; fcapus extra 

 ilia lateralis ; faux nuda ; ) foliis lorato-acu- 

 minatis, involuto-concavis, glauciufculis, 

 flriatis ; fcapo altiori, comprefTe tereti ; 

 urabella pauci- f. mukiflora; fpatha bivalvi 

 lanceolata ; germine brevi-pedicellato, glo- 

 bofo-elliptico, exfulco, laevi; corolla recur- 

 vato-infundibuliformi, tubo angulofo-rotun- 

 dato, fulcato, lineari, quam limbus fubduplo 

 breviori, laciniis elliptico-lanceolatis, deorfum 

 parurri unguiculatis, longius cucullatim con- 

 vergentibus, fuperne revoluto-patentibus in- 

 flexione obfoletiflime bilabiata, intimis fub- 

 latioribus ; ftaminibus deflexo-aflurgentibus, 

 parum insequalibus; ftylo corollae fere aequali; 

 ftigmate parvulo, orbiculato, aperto, pu- 

 berulo. G. 



revoluta. LHerit. Sert. Angl. 4. Hort. Kew. 

 1.419. Mart. Mill. Dif/. H Hid. Sp. Pi 2. 

 57. Bauer's Sketches in Cod. Bankf. Nobis 

 fupra No. 915 / iterum No. 917. 

 variabilis. Jacq. Hort. Schcenb. v. 4. tab. 



AMARYLLIS 



AMARYLLIS 



Descr. Leaves fometimes amounting to twelve, inner ones 

 narrower, acutely channelled, outer ones involute-concave, 

 one to two feet long, one to two inches broad ; fern higher than 

 thefe ; pedicles of the umbel intermixed with fmall membranous 

 Kcles ; corolla white, fegments varioufly tinged with red on 

 lRe omfide; capfule (according to Jacquin's figure) deprefTed- 



globular, 



