PLATE XCV. 



AMARYLLIS RAD I ATA, 



Rayed Lily Daffodil. 



CLASS 



Yl. 



ORDER 



I. 



HEXJNDRIu4 MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Spatha oblonga, obtufa, comprefla, 



emarginata, marcefcens. 

 Corolla. Petala fex lanceolata. 



Neaarhim fquamis fex, extra bafm fila- 



mcutoium, brevifllmis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta fex fubulata. Antherae 



oblongoe, incumbentes, affurwentes. 



PlSTILLUM. 



Germen inferum. Stylus filifor- 

 mis, longitudine ferme et fitu ftaminum. 

 Stigma trifidum, tenue* 



Pericarpium. Capfula fubovato, trilocularis, 



trivalvis. 



Semina plura. 



Empalement. Sheath oblong, blunt, compreiT- 

 edj notched at the end, and wltlierlng. 



Blossom, Six lance-fliaped petals. 



Honey-cup^ fix fcales from the bafe of the 



threads^ very fhort. 

 Chives. Six awl-lliaped threads. Tips oblong, 

 fixed fideways to the threads, and turned 



up at the end. 

 Pointal, Seed bud beneath. Shaft thread- 



fliaped, almofi: the length and fituation of 



the chives. Summit three-cleft, flender. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fliaped, three 



cells, three valves. 

 Seeds many. 



&PECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Amaryllis fpatha multiflora; corollls revolutis, I 



undulatis, lanceolatisj genitallbus deflex- 

 divergentibus, corolla 



is 



bus. 



triplo 



longiori- 



Lily Daffodil, with many flowers in the flieathj 

 bloflfoms turned backward, waved and lance- 

 fliapedj the parts of fruaification are bent 

 downward, fpread from the centre, and 

 thrice tlie length of the bloflbm. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Petal, with the Chive attached. 



2. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Petals cut off. 



This fpedes of Lily, certainly not a novelty to many as a plant, is neverthelefs in its bloffom, to 

 moft, quite foj for, though few colkaions arc without it, yet we are pretty well affured, in no one 

 has It flowered, at leaft for many years within the vicinity of London; except, in that of the Right 

 Hon. the Marchionefs of Rockingham, at HiUingdon near Uxbridge: for whofe kind communis 



cation, (tnnncfli nrrfrtn^lUr ,,.,i x_ i ▼ ■. ^ . . ^ _ - ^ _ _ . ^ t < t. ^.-.t- 



them 



