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Amaryllis tubispatha. Mr. Griffin's 

 Amaryllis. 



Generic Charatler.—Vide No. 923*, 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



AMARYLLIS tuhifpathaj (unifiora ; fauxnuda;) foliis paucis 

 (trinisj, ligulato-linearibus, canalicujato-concavis, furfum 

 explicatioribus, obtufulis, fcapum fub tempore florefcendi 

 asquantibus; fcapo (nunc binis) fubcomprefle tereti, pro- 

 minule nervulofo, fiftulofo; fpaiha univalvi, arido-mcni- 

 branacea, erefta, cylindrica, bifida fegmentis acuminatis 

 oppofitis; pedunculo ea duplo longiori, ftricto, tereti, 

 florem asquante ; germine curtato-cylindrico, obtufe trigono, 

 trifulco, utrinque rotundato, loculis polyfpermis; corolla 

 fubnutante, regulari, hexapetalo-partita, turbinato-elongata 

 f. cucullato-campanulata j tubo fubnullo, laciniis bafi intus 

 breyiffime connexis, fpathulato-oblongis, non uncinatis, 

 deorfum fubunguiculato-attenuatis, lamina elliptica refta 

 /cum brevi acumine, extimis fere duplo latioribus intimas 

 aliquantum breviores imbricato-concludentibus; iraminibus 

 duplo brevioribus, brevifiirne adnatis, laxe fafciculatis, de- 

 clinato-affurgentibus, alternis longioribus ; ftylo decurfu 

 fimili, longiori, inclufo; ftigmatibus 3, linearibus, re- 

 plicatis. G. 

 AMARYLLIS iubifpatha. HHeritier Serf. Angl. 9. Nobis Jupra 

 No. 1089, in Spec. Synth. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 51. 



Bulb tunicate, about the fize of a pigeon's egg, integuments 

 membranous, dark-brown ; leaves 2—3 lines broad ; /cape 3—4 

 inches long, nearly the thicknefs of a common quill, green, 

 except at the bafe, where it is purplifh ; flower about two inches 

 * on S> Segments lanceolate, green downwards, lamina clear white, a 

 Sight degree of fragrance lomewhat refembling that of tuberofe 

 may be perceived when we hold it near us ; germen containing 

 30—40 white ovula, green. The fpecies appears to have been 

 forft taken up by LTUritier, from a fpecimen without leaves 



