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ALSTROEMERIA PULCHRA. Fair 
ALSTRCEMERIA,. 
EEKKKKERE KEKE ERE EK 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-petala, subbilabiata: petalis interioribus basi 
subtubulosis. Stamina declinata. Germen inferum, 3-6- 
angulare. \ 3 
Specific Character. 
Aisrramerria pulchra; caule erecto, foliis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, pedunculis sub-umbellatis involucratis trifloris, 
pedicellis tortuosis, petalis exterioribus obcordatis 
mucronatis, 
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In the species plantarum of Lixnavs only three species 
Of Atsrra@:merra are recorded: in the Flora Peruviana 
uz and Pavon have described twenty-three, and given 
sures of nearly the whole, yet our present plant does not 
appear to have been included among them, except it may 
be their Ligtu, which we have ~before observed appears 
€ different from what is now so denominated. va 
f the species which have been introduced into this 
‘ountry there is no one exceeds, or, as we think, altoge- 
‘r equals in beauty, the present plant. It approaches 
Nearest to Pelegrina, but can hardly be considered as a 
‘Variety of that. In habit and characters it seems interme- 
late between it and pulchella (No. 2353.) 
of ative of Chili. Communicated by Joan Waxxer, Esq. 
¢ Amo’s grove, Southgate, whose assiduity has been lately 
tine with particular success in rearing so many beau- 
~ ‘id rare plants from that country. 
