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_ Gepuyrantues Verecunpa. Mopesr 
ZEPHYRANTHES. 3 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character.-— Vide supra No. 2537. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
LEPHYRANTHES verecunda ; foliis linearibus,8—l11-uncialibus, 
subobtusis, canaliculatis, glabris, crassis, viridibus, basi 
Sepe purpurascentibus ; scapo 5-unciali; spathé sub- 
unciali, quoad germinis longitudinem integra apice 
bifido ; germine 4-unciali, viridi, sessili ; tubo $-unciali, 
subinfundibuliformi, extus sulcato, viridi; laciniis un- 
cialibus, albis, serids subrubescentibus, inferné viridi- 
bus, tribus externis uncatis ; stylo crasso, albo, laciniis 
plus duplo breviore ; stigmate crasso, trifido; _fila- 
mentis decurrentibus, erectis, apice conniventibus, 
albis, tribus alternis stylo vix longioribus, exteris stylo 
peat antheris j-uncialibus, polline aureo. 
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‘ible to decide with certainty, the s 
The bulb, from which our figure was made, flowered at 
the Nursery of Mr. Tare, in Sloane Street ; having formed 
a of a collection, consisting of seeds and a few bulbs, 
ught by Mr. Butxocx from Mexico. It was accompanied 
by another species, apparently a ZeEpHYRANTHES, with 
broader leaves, which we take to be AmaryLis nervosa of 
Umzotpr ; and a species with smaller striped flowers, 
Lis minuta: but it is impos- 
Which is perh i 
perhaps his Amaryl Oe recectoes of Kk 
riefly in Kon, in pre- 
nervosa and minuta, being & 
tisely the same words ; hat the corolla of the 
former is called white, ar e latter approaching 
rose-colour. 
7VEPHYRANTHES 
