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Amaryllis blanda. The Blush-Lily, 



or Amaryllis. 



Generic Char after. — Fid. No. 923*. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



AMARYLLIS blanda; (multifiora ; flssfubirregularis^brrciler 

 dcorfum tubulofo-connexnsy fauce nuda ; foliis plurimis 

 (fubduodenis) bifariis e baft vaginamibus erefto-diver- 

 gentibus, interioribus ab utrinque gradatim longioribus 

 lanceolato-loratis, fcapi validiffimi tereti-ancipitis undato- 

 viridis (cui diu pojl fucceditnt) altitudinem demum attin- 

 gentibus, extimis binis lanceolato-oblongis latioribus, 

 cuntlis apice obtufatis ftriatis fubcanaliculatis fubtus colta 

 media pallidiore carinatis, introrfum nitidis ; f'patha fpha- 

 celato-bivalvi ; umbella divaricata, pediceliis viridibus 

 florem fubaequantibus ; germinc viridi, obovato, rotundate 

 trigono, quam tubus fubduplo breviore, fulcis facialibus 

 prominulis ; corolla nutante fubaequaii obfolete ringente ; 

 tubo trigono trifulcoquam limbus turbinato-campanulatus 

 recurvo-patentiffimus pluries breviore, laciniis lubungui- 

 culatis lamina elliptico-lanccolata undulata ; ftaminibtis 

 per totum tubum adnatis divergenter declinatis ; fiylo 

 fubulato-triquetro ; ftigmate trigonulo Ieviter deprcfTo. G. 



AMARYLLIS Belladonna; ; vernalis, corolla pallidiore. 

 Nobis fupra No. 733. Confervantur in Herbario Bank- 

 fiano juxta fe pro mutuis varietatibus eidem chartas folio 

 affixa fpecimina turn hujufce turn Belladonna N'- 733 ex 

 hortis nollratibus ; uti et alia bland* feorfim pofua cum 

 titulo Belladonna ex Promontorio Bonae Spei. G. 



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Descr. Bulb nearly twice the bignefs of a fwan's egg, 

 tnteguments pale brown, membranous ; leaves of a bright apple- 

 green colour, not glaucous, attaining their full fize towards 

 l he end of January, inner ones about three feet high and an 

 inch and a half broad, outer far fhorter and two inches broad; 



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