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AMARYLLIS CONCINNA. 



Blush Amaryllis. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



Class 6. Order 1. 



Amaryllis : supposed to be derived either from a shepherdCvSS of 

 that name in Virgil, or from ai/^apvyy], splendour, in allusion to 

 the beauty which this genus possesses. 



Linn. gen. n. 406. Bot. Reg. 902. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cat. Spathe oblong, obtuse, compressed, emarginate, gaping on the 

 flat side and withering. Cor. Petals six, lanceolate. Nectary six 

 very short scales, without the base of the filaments. Stain. Fila- 

 ments six, awl-shaped, with oblong incumbent rising anthers. Pist. 

 Germ roundish, furrowed, inferior. Style filiform, almost the length 

 and in the situation of the stamens. Stigma trifid, slender. Per. 

 a sub-ovate, three-celled^ three-valved capsule. Seeds several. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves erect, linear, obtuse. Scape long. Spathe simple, exceed- 

 ing the peduncle. Corolla tubular, bell-shaped, longer than the 

 peduncle. 



Root bulbous, small. Leaves six to nine inches long, erect, 

 linear, smooth on each side, light green, acute at the end. 

 Scape nearly a foot in height, round, hollow, smooth, bright 

 green, approaching to red towards the base, one-flowered. 

 Peduncle an inch and a half in length. Spathe one-leafed, 

 undivided, longer than the peduncle. Corolla six-petaled, 

 funnel-shaped, three inches long, bright pink. 



This interesting bulb has been figured in the Botanical Re- 



