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) AMARYLLIS CYRTANTHOIDES. CyRTANTHUS- 
LIKE AMARYLLIS. 
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Piss unt Order: 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Cor. hexapetaloidea, irregularis. Filamenta fauci tubi 
inserta, declmata, ineequalia proportione vel directione. 
Specific Character. 
AMARYLLIs cyrtanthoides ; spatha multiflora, pedicellis cer- 
nuis, corollis infundibuliformi-campanulatis, genitali-_ 
bus strictis exsertis, foliis loratis obtusis. ee 
lies 
This handsome plant, belonging to the natural order of 
Amaryllidee, appears not to have been hitherto described. 
’ It seems to us that it cannot be well united to any of the 
Senera formed by Mr. Hersert, out of the old genus 
_ Amaryziis, and perhaps from the straight stamens and 
_ Style might be properly considered as distinct from any ; 
but not having had any opportunity of examining the plant 
itself, we think it best, at least for the present, to arrange 
_ it under Amarytuis. a 
Mr. Herserr has united AMaryLuis advena (supra 1125), 
a native of the same country, (with which this plant, Mr. 
INDLEY thinks, has some affinity) to Hrpeastrum ; but 
Sate cyrtanthoides wants altogether the characters 
OF that genus. 7 4 
;. . Ove cravink was taken at the Horticultural Society’s 
_ arden in February last. The bulb, as we are informed 
_ by Josrpu Sagine, Esq. was received from Chili, last spring, 
_ Under the name of “ Narcissus-like bulb’. It formed part 
fa collection of seeds and bulbs presented to the society, 
by Mr. Francis Pace, of Charing Cross. 
