586 AMARYLLACKiK 



a. major. Herb. (Amaryllis purpurea. Ait. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, jO. 51 ; 

 B. M. 35, t. 1430— A. elata, Jacq. hort. schdnbr. 1, p. 32. t. 62. 

 — A. speciosa, L'Herit.) % C. G. H. Fl. three inches long, of a 

 deep uniform red colour ; the outer segments greenish down the 

 centre of their back ; throat connected by 6 paler coloured subtrans- 

 parent membranes. Introduced in 1819. Again introduced in March, 

 in 1841, but has not fl. yet. 



j3. minor. Herb. (Amaryllis purpurea, B. Reg. 7, i. 552.) % C. G. 

 H. Fl. smaller, paler. Introduced with a. 

 Amaryllis, Herb. {Amaryll. p. 275. — Belladonna, Sweet ; — Endl. gen. 



pi. 1, p. 176, under Amaryllis.) 



1. Belladonna, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 51 ; — Herb. I. c. ; — B. M. 19, t. 

 733 ■,—Roxb. H. B.p. 24 ;—J. Grak. Cat. B.pl.p. 215.) % C. G. H. 

 Fl. large, fragrant, the lower part greenish-white, upper suffused 

 with rose colour or pale carmine, and veined. Introduced in 1808, 

 and again in March 1841, but has not fl. 



/3. pallida. Herb. {B. Reg. 9, t. 714 ; — Spreng. I. c. — Amaryllis palli- 

 da. Red. HI 479.) % C. G. H. Fl. hke those of a. but paler. In- 

 troduced in 1821, again in March, 1841, but has not fl. yet. 



2. blanda, Ker. {Herb. o. c. p. 277 ;—B. M. 35, t. 1450 ;— Spreng. o. c. 

 p. 51.) % C. G. H. Fl. 4 inches, white, fading to a blush or pale rose- 

 colour. Introduced in 1821. Again in March, 1841, but has not 

 fl. yet. 



Z. Josephines, Red. {Lil. 3, 370-372; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 54. — A. 

 Josephiniana, Herb. o. c. p. 278.) 



/3. subestriata. Herb. (/. c. — Brunsvigia Josephinse, y. B. M. 52, t. 

 2578.) % G. G. H. Fl. nearly 4 inches, purplish-red, R. S. ; but 

 very rarely, 

 •y. Griffiniana, Herb. {I. c. — Brunsvigia Josephinae, /3. angustifolia, B. 

 Reg. 3, t. 192-93.) % C. G. H. Introduced in 1820. Again intro- 

 duced in March, 1841, but has not fl. yet. 

 4. grandiflora, Herb. (o. c. p. 278 ; Brunsvigia grandiflora, Lindl. ; B. 

 Reg. 16, t. 1335.) % C. G. H. Fl. large, flesh-coloured. Introduced 

 in 1841. 

 Brunsvigia, Ker. {Herb, amaryll. p. 280; Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 



176-77) 



l.muUiflora, Heist. {Herb. I.e.; — B. M, 39, t. 1619, excl. syn. Re- 

 doute. — Amaryllis orientalis, L. ; Spreng syst, 2, p. 53.) % C. G. H. 

 Fl. more than 2 inches long, bright scarlet, R. S. 



2. minor. Herb. (o. c. p. 281 ■,—Lind. ; B. Reg. 1 1, t. 954.) %. C. G. H. 

 Introduced in 1841. 

 Lycoris, Herb. {Amaryll. p. 229; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 176, under Ama- 

 ryllis.) 



\.aurea. Herb. (/. c. — Amaryllis aurea. Ait.; — B. M. 12, t. 409; — B. 

 Reg. 8, t. 611 ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 53 ; — Roxb, fl. ind. 2, p. 14(J; — 



