No. 864. 
AMARYLLIS CALYPTRATA. 
Class, Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This was originally received from Brazil 
by Mr. Griffin, who presented us with our 
bulb, which flowers every year in March : 
the flowers are curiously formed, though 
not by any means so splendid as those of 
many of this genus. i 
It it necessary to keep it inthe hot-house 
throughout the year, and it should be potted 
in sandy loam and peat. It does not appear 
ripens its seeds occasionally, by which, of 
course, it may be readily multiplied. 
