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Alstrcemeria Neillii. Mr. Neill's 

 Alstrcemeria. 



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Class and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Old. AmARYLLIDEjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium corollaceum, subcampanulaceum, sexpar- 

 titum, irregulare; laciniis duabus (v. tribus) interioribus 

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

 declinata. Stigma trifidum. Caps, trilocularis ; loculis 

 polyspermis. — Caulis erectus, scandens aut volubilis,folia- 

 tus. Flores umbellati. Kunth. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Alstrcemeria Neillii; caule erecto flaccido folioso, foliis 

 spathulatis obtusis glauco-pruinosis apice lateribusque 

 reflexis integerrimis, petalis tribus exterioribus obo- 

 vatis emarginatis aequalibus crenatis, interioribus paulo 

 longioribus spathulatis subintegerrimis, pedunculis 

 umbellatis bifloris. Graham. 



Alstrcemeria Neillii. Gillies' MSS. 



Descr. Stems simple, many from the same root, erect, 

 flaccid, round, very leafy, subglauco-pruinose, especially 

 towards the top, greener below. Leaves spathulate, about 

 seven -nerved, central rib hardly prominent behind, except 

 m the lower and narrower half, reflected at the point and 

 sides, waved, glauco-pruinose, quite entire, callous at the 

 margin, and particularly so at the apex. Peduncles three 

 °r four, forming a terminal umbel, two-flowered, dull pur- 

 ple, a little longer than the leaves, which are collected in the 

 form of an involucre round their base. Perianth: Segments 

 Sl x, unequal, much attenuated, succulent, involute and 

 ciliated at the base, each with three primary nerves, pro- 

 minent behind, and two or four secondary nerves, scarcely 

 reticulated; three outer segments equal, of a nearly uniform 



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