No. 484, 
AMARYLLIS PULVERULENTA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This elegant plant has been brought from 
South America: the bulb is large, being 
near four inches in diameter. The leaves, 
which are few in number, are usually up- 
wards of two feet in length: they are of a 
whitish hue, being covered with a sort of 
powder, which rubs off with a touch. The 
flower stems are eia hollow, and 
from two to three feet high: on our plant 
were two, one coming as soon as the 
other was fully blown. The blossoms are 
very conspicuous, and like the whole of this 
splendid genus, extremely beautiful: they 
were in perfection in November, and did 
not produce any seed. 
Offsets seem to be rarely produced from 
this bulb ; it is consequently probable that 
it will remain scarce. It should be planted 
in a pretty large pot, in sandy loam, and 
preserved in the stove. 
