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Z.EPHYRANTHES CANDIDA. PERUVIAN 
ZEPHYRANTHES, 
Class and Order. 
-‘Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character.—Vide supra No. 2537. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
ZEPHYRANTHES candida; foliis linearibus, crassis, glaberri- 
mis, canaliculatis, dorso rotnndatis, obtusis, viridibus, 
scapo plus duplo longioribus : scapo quadrunciali, de- 
clinato, viridi, unifloro ; spatha purpurascente, pedun- 
culo longiore, uno latere dehiscente, basi tubulosé ; 
corolla sub sole patentissim&; tubo ;-unciali, viridi; 
laciniis uncialibus, albis, basi viridi, gbka minutissimo 
aculeiformi prope basin munitis; filamentis erectis, 
distantibus, pallidé virescentibus, prope basin sinuosé 
flexis ; antheris 4-uncialibus, aureis, suberectis, con- 
niventibus ; stylo declinato, albo, stigmate trilobo lo- 
bis erectis ; seminibus planis, fuscis. 
Amaryiuis candida. Bot. Reg. als Ras, A: 
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Our specimen flowered in a pot, out of doors, at Spofforth, 
in July, having passed the winter in the greenhouse. The 
plant is very hardy, and, planted out in front of the stove, 
preserved its foliage in the most healthy state through the 
winter, and flowered the first week in August. We received 
this species from Peru and Buenos Ayres, and also from the 
Hort. Soc. who imported it from Lima. It increases fast 
by offsets, and its erect leaves look like a bunch of rushes. 
he scape <—— towards the sun. Near the foot of each 
petal, above the point where the filament is inserted, is a 
minute spur-like excrescence. We had an opportunity of 
comparing its flower immediately with that of dtameprty | 
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