i PLATE CCCXG. 
| . AMARYLLIS SPECTABILIS. 
” Waved-leaved Amaryllis. 
CLASS 31. ORBER i. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
= shinee _ Corotua hexapetaloideairregularis, Filamenta Corotta 6-petal-like irregular. Chives inserted 
ee _ fauci tubi inserta declinata ineequalia pro- into the throat of the tube, bent downward, 
portione vel directione. — a and unequal in proportion or direction. 
eS s spEcIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
. Adiserisas, spatha multiflora, tubo corolle |}. AMARYLLIs, with a many-flowered sheath, the 
laciniis sesquilongiore, foliis lato-subula- . tube of the corolla longer than its seg- 
tis serrulatisque scapo longioribus.. “ments, the leaves broad-awl-shaped ser- 
s rulated and longer than the stalk. 
Descriptio. Radix bulbus mediocris tunicatus, et rotundatus, pallidusque. Folia multifaria, lato- 
subulata, sesquipedalia, subcanaliculata, levia, viridia, carind pallida, striisque parallelis ad 
: lucem utringue etiam pallidis; basin versus undulata, et aliquo attenuata; margine cartilagineo, 
' serrulis minutissimis, expansis, albis, Temotisque, aspero. Scapus foliis duplo brevior, rubens, 
grossus, obtuse compressus, obsolete at irregulariter sulcato-striatulus, zquali crassitie. Spatha 
- _ diphylla, subquadriflora, valida, foliolis lineatis, apicibus obtusissimis, et minute emarginatis, intus 
pcs f ie = _ albis, extus virentibus, tinctura rubedinis. Flores sessiles, hexapetaloidei, tubulosi: tubus curva- 
| ; _tus, angulatus, sulcatus, 5-uncialis et ultra, at gracilis, laciniis sesquilongior. Petala late 
“lanceolata, undulata, acuta, alba, vitta purpurea. Filamenta alba, declinata, laciniis longe breviora. 
Anthere versatiles, arcuate, magne, demum atre. Germen sessile, compressum, viride. Stylus 
albus, superne purpureus, antheras superans. Stigma minutum, Infra germina, filamenta 
perpauca, staminiformia, seepius adsunt. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1. A petal with its chive attached. 
2. The seed-bud and pointal. 
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‘ ‘Tue magnificent species of Amaryllis here represented i is a native of Sierra Leona ; and was intiiginced 
= thence to this country, by Professor Afzelius, several years ago; but has not yet been described’ by 
author whose works have reached us: although it will unquestionably be inserted in the Flora of 
tht eet of Africa, which the abovementioned learned Botanist is said to be preparing for publication. 
‘ jough a very tender hot-house species, it flowers freely in the tan-bed, in rich earth; but its elegant 
. L- pe like those of Amaryllis ornata, which it also resembles in foliage, are of very short duration, 
and do net individually last in fall beauty longer than a day ; unless they are taken out of the hot-house 
2 "a8 soon as choo and placed i in some cool apartment ; which indeed they well deserve. Our figure 
was taken from lan S in very great perfection, at J. biecens esq. Kensington Gore, set seas 
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