( 3040 ) 



Alstrcemeria pallida. Pale-flowered 

 Alstrgemeria. 



Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Amaryllide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium corollaceum, subcampanulaceum, sexparti- 

 tum, irregulare ; laciniis duabus (vel-tribus) interioribus 

 basi tubuloso-conniventibus. Stam. 6, laciniis inserta, 

 demum declinata. Stigma trifidum. Capsula trilocularis, 

 loculis polyspermis. — Caulis erectus, scandens aut volubilis, 

 foliatus. Plores umbeUati. Kunth. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Alstrcemeria pallida ; caule erecto-flaccido, foliis lanceo- 

 lato-linearibus denticulatis subamplexicaulibus, peta- 

 lis exterioribus obovatis lateralibus latioribus, interio- 

 ribus longioribus lanceolatis, pedunculis unifloris. 



Alstrcemeria pallida. Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. v. 

 14. p. 345. 



Descr. Stem simple, slender, flaccid, round, as well as 

 the leaves glauco-pruinose, several rising from the same 

 root. Leaves scattered, sessile, half-stem-clasping, spar- 

 ingly denticulate, lanceolato - linear, flat above, keeled 

 behind, and with several parallel ribs, of which one on each 

 side is stronger than the others. Flowers umbellate. Peri- 

 anth of six unequal segments, attenuated, succulent, and 

 channelled and nectariferous at the base ; four outer seg- 

 ments of an uniform, very pale rose colour, much reticu- 

 lated, nearly of equal length, obovate, the lowest, the 

 narrowest and most pointed, and much the least attenuated 



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