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(2407 ys 
NERINE PULCHELLA. Pate'pink Nerine: - 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Bulbus subrotundus. Folia bifaria, angusta, hiemalia, 
estate depereuntia. Scapus altus, sub-precox, autum- 
nalis, Umbella sub-20-flora. Flores inodori. Pedunculi 
sub-erecté divaricati. Germen breve, rotundaté trigonum, 
pedunculo directé continuatum, vel (corolla difformiore) 
declinatum, 3-loculare, loculis 2-14-spermis. Corolle 
tubus nullus, lacinie sub-equales, undulate, anguste, 
patentes, usque ad germen divise, basis medio infra fila- 
mentorum junctionem, eis adherentes. Filamenta versus 
basin latiora, gibbosa, et in nectarium liquore sepe reple- 
tum coalescentia; alterna longiora, nisi casu irregularia ; 
breviora corolla laciniis exterioribus adherentia. Stigma 
trifidum, superne fimbriatum. Capsula trilocularis, tri- 
sulca, trivalvis, difformis plerumque et seminibus imma- 
turis disrupta. Semina parva, carnosa, integumento viridi 
ton separabili, compressione angularia, parte exteriore 
rotundata et aliquando sub-purpurascentia. W. H. 
Specifie Character and Synonyms. 
Nerine pulchella ; foliis glaucis, scapo bipedali, corolla 
sub-difformi, pallidé subrubescente, rubro striata, 
loculis circiter 8-spermis. | 
Nerine pulchella. - Nobis in appendice, p. 19. 
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Descr. Bulb tinged with purple and green. Leaves 
above half an inch Wide, glaucous. Scape in our specimen 
tWo feet three inches. Flowers about seven, a little dis- 
‘orted. Corolla very pale pink, striped with-red, the 
colour 
