1843 



ALSTROEMERIA aurantiaca. 



Orange-fiowered Alstrcemeria. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^, § 1. Caulescentes. Subordo 1. Opercu- 

 losae, Hypoxidese, (operculo ovarii prominente) Herbert, MS. 



ALSTRCEMERIA. German ovulis suberectis non imbricantibus, 6-cos- 

 tatum, superne 1 2-angulare apiculo trilobo (lobis costas sepalinas respicientibus). 

 Perianthium sexpartitum laciniis quater disparibus apice reflexis pctalis duobus 

 erectis imo porrecto : filamenta recurvata, germini inserta, laciniarum basi vix 

 adnata, petalina basi acut6 ovali sepalina seraicirculari capsulam signantia. Cap- 

 sula acuminate operculata sexcostata valvulis crustaceis septigeris dissilientibus, 

 axe ab ima parte trifariam disrupto, costarum dimidio inseparabiliter pedunculo 

 adha?rente ; semina subrotunda testa tuberculata difficulter separabili, hilo Isevi, 



chalaza circulari, endopleura ab albumine corneo inseparabili. Plantce Occi- 



dentales caule {quoad novi) erecto folioso vel squammato, pedunculis brac- 

 teatis, l-5-(pluri?)JIoris. Herbert, MSS. 



A. aurantiaca; erecta, foliis lanceolatis obtusis glabris obsolete denticulatis, 

 perianthii foliolis integerrimis : interioribus lanceolatis acuminatis erectis. 

 Don in Sweet Fl. Gard. 2 ser. 3. 205. t. 208. 



? A. aurea. Graham in Jamiesons Journal, July. 1833. 



The drawing of this plant was made in the Nursery of 

 Messrs. Low and Co. of Clapton, in June 1833. It is a very 

 handsome species, and with a little protection from wet during 

 winter will live very well in the open ground. 



For the following observations upon it I am indebted to 

 the Honourable and Rev. W. Herbert. 



" Alstrcemeria aurantiaca has the flower stem with smooth 

 leaves, persistent, and green for months after the seed is ripe 

 and shed, and even the long leaf-like bractes on the peduncles 

 remain till winter. A. pulchella, Bot. Mag. (erroneously so 

 named, and apparently hsemantha of Flor. Peruv.) has the 

 leaves ciliated, the stems shorter, the bractes less, and the 

 whole perishable almost before the seed is ripe; the tubers 

 lying dormant more than half the year, and sprouting slowly 



