PLATE XCV. 



AMARYLLIS RADIATA. 



Rayed Lily Daffodil. 



CLASS VI. ORDER I. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 

 Calyx. Spatha oblonga, obtufa, comprefia, 



ernarginata, marcefcens. 

 Corolla. Petala fex lanceolata. 



Nettarium fquamis fox, extra bafm fila- 

 mentorum, brevillimis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta fex fubulata. Antherae 

 oblongs, incumbentes, affurgentes. 



Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus filifor- 

 mis, longitudine ferme et fitu ftaminum. 

 Stigma triridum, tenue. 



Pericarpium. Capfula fubovata, trilocularis, 

 trivalvis. 



Semina plura. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Sheath oblong, blunt, compreff- 



ed, notched at the end, and withering. 

 Blossom. Six lance-fliaped petals. 



Honey-cup, fix fcales from the bafe of the 



threads, very fhort. 

 Chives. Six awl-fhaped threads. Tips oblong, 



fixed fideways to the threads, and turni/d 



up at the end. 

 Poixtal. Seed bud beneath. Shaft thread- 



fhaped, almoit the length and iituation of 



the chives. Summit three-cleft, flender. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fhaped, three 



cells, three valves. 

 Seeds many. 



Amaryllis fpatha multi flora; corollis revolutis, 



undulatis, lanceolatis; genitalibus deflex- 

 is, divergentibus, corolla triplo longiori- 

 bus. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Lily Daffodil, with many flowers in the fheath; 

 bloffoms turned backward, waved and lance- 

 fhaped; the parts of fru&ification are bent 

 downward, fpread from the centre, and 

 thrice the length of the blolfom. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Petal, with the Chive attached. 



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



This fpecies of Lily, certainly not a novelty to many as a plant, is neverthekfs in its bloffbm, to 

 moft, quite fo; for, though few collections are without it, yet we are pretty well allured, 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 Hillingdou near L T xbridge; for whofe kind communi- 

 cation, (though perfonally unknown to her Ladyfhip,) of a moft beautiful fpecimen, of which our 

 figure conveys but a faint idea of the brilliancy; we can only thus, exprefs our fincereft thanks. Mr. 

 Greig, who had the goodnefs to bring the flower himfelf; informs us, the mode of his treating it is, 

 to plant the bulbs in light fandy peat, and confine them to fmall pots, nearly half filled with broken 

 tiles, and keep them on a fhelf of the hothoule. It is a native of China, was introduced by the late 

 Dr. Fothergill; and generally flowers, according to Mr. Greig, in the month of February, or March; 

 and is increafed abundantly from the root, by offsets. 



