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* PYROLIRION aiueuin. 

 Golden Flame-lily . 



HEXANDRIA MOKOGYl^lA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllide;e. (^Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 259.) 



PYROLIRION. Herbert. — Scajms uniflorus, cavus. Flos sessilis, 

 campanulato-infundibularis, erectus,.laciniis aeqiialibus acutis apice recurvis, tubo 

 cylindraceo spatha; bifida; subcequali. Stamina ffiqualiter patentia, tubi fauce 

 nuda inserta; tribus longioribus. Antherce biloculares. Ovarium 3-loculare, 

 polyspermum, ovulis horizontalibus planis ; sligma trifidum : laciniis linearibus 

 apice dilatatis. 



P. aureum. Herbert in Bot. Mag. append, p. 37. 



Amaryllis peruviana. Pair, enc mrth. suppl. 1.315. Ker in Bot. Mag. 1089. 



Romer et Schulf. Syst. Vecj. 7. 805. 

 Amaryllis aurea. Ft. Peruv. vol. 3. t. 286. a. p. 56. 



Bnlbus subrotundns, paululum turhinutus, pallide fuscus, castanece 

 parvce magnitiidine. Folia 2na v. solitaria {in cultu), line'iria, apAce angus- 

 tata, atroviridia, canaliculafa, apice reciirva. Scapus teres, cavus, vnijlorus, 

 iti cultd foliis brevior, in spontaneis longior, et robusiior. Spatha membra- 

 nacea, bifida, tubo paulb longior. Flos sessilis in scapn, amcene aureus, in 

 cultd vix 3-pollicaris, in spontanea 4-poll. Perianthium infandibulare, in 

 tuhuvi angtistafum, supra tubuvi subventricosum, vel quasi anguste campann- 

 latum, sed nullo modo abrupte constrictuvi ut in icotie Fl. Per. quce ad sic- 

 cum confecta videtur, Sepala lanceolata, acuta, usque ad tnbiim distiacta, 

 ibi conferruminata ; Petala conformia, omnia cequalia, et cequaliter pafentia. 

 Stamina ya^/ce tubi inserta, filamentis versus basm sensim incrassatis, sed ne- 

 quaquam ex squama oriundis ; tria paululum breviora ; omnia cequaliter 

 patentia. Antherffi lineares, versatiles. (Jvar'niva. oblong um, cum scapo conti- 

 nuum, obscure trigonum, triloculare, polyspermum ; ovula, plana, horizonta- 

 lia. Stylus simplex, teres; stigmata 3, lincaria, apice dilatata, minute papil- 

 losa. 



Introduced from Peru by Ricliard Harrison, Esq. of Li- 

 verpool, and communicated to us in flower in April last. 

 It'is said by the authors of the Flora Peruviana to be corn- 



Literally Fire-lily, from the colour of the flowers. 



