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ALSTROEMERIA OVATA. BRroap-Leavep 
DOWNY ALSTROEMERIA, 
| dito 
» Class and Order. 
toe Hexamnia Monoeynta. — 
ry eee 
eae 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaryiupEs. Br. Kunth.) 
Generic Character. , 
Perianthium corollaceum, subcampanulaceum, sexparti- 
tum, irregulare ; laciniis duabus (vel tribus) interioribus 
basi tubuloso-conniventibus. Stam. 6, laciniis inserta, 
~ demum ——— Stigma trifidum. Capsw 
loculis po wes Caulis erectus, scand 
foliatis. mond ‘Kunth. 
Nioticidstesti™ ovata ; -yolubilis, foliis oble agis 
petiolatis supra villosis, pedunculis u ibell 
bracteatis laxis, eee, ping ceo 
laciniis rectis. Ms 
AustRameERriA ovata. Cav. Ie, Pl. 
‘Sp. Plo. 2. p. 196. Lan, t 
Syst. Vege. 2.9 81 | 
ALSTROEMERIA hirte Sweet | it. Fl. Garden, t. 228. 
Descr. Stem, in our pla 
herbaceous, quite simple, te 
plish:» Leaves al 2, remo! efor to fits inches. 3-2 
in 
* So named after Aistnousxa, a Swedish Naturalist, who first made * 
genus known to Linnzvs. 
