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Alstrcemeria pulchella. Speckled 

 Alstrcemeria. 



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Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Mohogynia 



Generic Character. 



Cqr. 6-petala, subbilabiata : petalis duobus iuferioribus 

 basi tubulosis. Stamina dcclinata. Germ, iiiferuii^ 3 — 6- 

 anjrularc?. 



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Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Alstrcemeria pulchella ; caule erecto, foliis sessilibus lan- 

 ceolatis, pedimculis involucro longioribus, petalis re- 

 curvo patentibus acuminatis subaequalibus : duobus 

 erectis maculatis angustioribus. 



Alstrcemeria pulchella. Lin. Suppl. 206 ? 



Alstrcemeria Ligta ; caule erecto, foliis lanccolato-lincari- 

 bus, floribus umbellatis, petalis subcouforuiibus. Flor. 

 Pcruv. 3. p. 59 ? 



Uemerocallis floribus purpurasceutibus str'mtis vulgo Ligtu. 

 Feuill. Pcruv. 2. p. 710. t. 4. vix dubia. 



Although we have very little doubt but that our plan! is 

 the same species as that described and figured! by Father 

 Feuill£e, and referred to by Linn/eus as a synonym of 

 A. Ligtu, and consequently that the species published 

 under that name at No. 125 of this work, is not the original 

 Ligtu ; yet as that plant is now well known in Europe by 

 this name,, we think that any attempt to restore the original 

 appellation, were we quite certain of the error, would only 

 add to the confusion. Not to increase unnecessarily the 

 number of species we refer our plant to A. pidchella, under 

 which name we received it, though we confess that it does 

 not well agree with the description in the Supplement urn 



Plantarum ; 



