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hlppeastrum stylosum. long-styled 

 Knight' s-star Lily. 



Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. Vide supra No. 2273. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Hippeastrum stylosum, foliis suberectis nitidis basi purpu- 

 rascente, scapo subtripedali, tubo brevi viridescente 

 cernuo, fauce fimbriate limbo reflexe^infundibuliformi, 

 colore inter fulvurn et cameum, laciniis exteris latiori- 

 bus, tilamentis plus semunci&, stylo plus uncia. limbo 

 longioribus, stigmate breviter et rotundate trilobato. 



Hippeastrum equestre var. glabrifolia. Nobis in appendice. 



Hippeastrum stylosum. lb. in postscripto. W. H. 



Descr. Bulb a little flattened like that of equestre. 

 Leaves like equestre, but more glossy, and purple at their 

 base. Tube and limb in form and posture much like 

 Regin&, but considerably smaller. Beard like that of 

 Regince, in greenish white tufts between the base of the 

 petals. Star green, very short, not spread into broad rays 

 as in equestre, or prolonged into white stripes as in Regi- 

 nae. Limb pale fulvous pink, veined and speckled with a 

 deeper colour. Anthers straw-coloured, striped with red. 

 Pollen bright yellow. Filaments five-eights, Style an 

 inch and a quarter longer than the corolla. Stigma con- 

 sisting of three short round lobes. 



Bulbs of this unrecorded species were received last year 

 by Lord Carnarvon from Maranham in Brazil, and since 

 by Mr. Brookes, from Cayenne, and by Mr. Lee, from 

 Brazil. It was at first marked in the appendix as a variety 

 of equestre, which it resembles in the bulb and in the form 

 and posture of its leaves. It is distinguished from that 



species 



