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AMARYLLIS AuLICA, CourTLyY AMARYLLIS. 
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Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaryLiinEgz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 6-partita, subregularis v. ringens, fauce nuda vel 
squamis coronata. Stamina declinata v. recta. Capsula 
trilocularis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
AmARYLLIs aulica; ringens, biflora, tubo-subnullo, faucis 
corona contracta triangulari, lacinia ima limbi inferne 
involuta, staminibus declinatis inclusis. 
Amary.uis aulica. Ker. in Journ. of Sc. and the Arts, v. ~ 
2. p. 353. Ker,in Bot. Reg. t. 444, — 
The Amary.us aulica seems liable to much variation: 
we have represented a splendid variety (t. 2983) with green 
lines in the centre, running nearly the whole length of 
each petal, with a very obsolete glandular disk, and with 
long, narrow, glaucous leaves. Another variety is the pla- 
typetala of Professor Linpxey in the Bot. Register, t. 1038; 
while our present plant seems intermediate between these 
and what is considered the type of the species, the original 
A. aulica of Mr. Ker ; bordering so closely upon the latter, 
however, as scarcely to deserve to be considered a variety. 
The chief differences are, that in our plant, the petals 
are less sharply acuminate and the base of the petals is ofa 
darker green. The bulb was presented to the Botanic 
Garden by — Pearson, Esq. who brought it from the neigh- 
bourhood of Rio Janerio, in Brazil, where it is a native. 
Descr. The bulb is large and coated. The leaves 
moderately long and broadly strap-shaped, full green, not 
at all glaucous, closely striated, the apex rather ae me 
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