PLATE CLXTII. 



AMARYLLIS FOX H E R GI LL I A. 



Fotlierg'illian Lily Daffodil. 



C L A S S VI. O R D E R I. 

 HEXANDRI^ MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 6-petala, campaiuilata. Stigma tri- 

 fidum. 



Blossom 6-petalled, bell fliaped. Summit three- 

 cleft. 

 See Amaryllis radiata, PL XCV. Vol. II. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Amaryllis fpatha multiflora; petalis lanceolatis, ] Lily Daffodil with many flowers In the flieathj 

 apice revolulis: genetalibus eredis; foliis I petals lance-lhaped, rolled back at the point; 



linearibiis, lub-canaliculatis, obtufis, glau- '<•• parts of fruftification upright; leaves linear, 



cis. I rather channelled, obtule, and of a fea-green 



colour. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Petal, with its Chive attached. 



2. The Seed bud, and Pointal. 



3. A ripe Seed-veliel, witli the Seeds. 



Even amidft this fplendid family, Amaryllis Fothergillia ftands confpicuoufly preeminent; the flowers 

 h ive the fame vivid charafter of refulgence, when expofed to the lun"s rays, which is perceived in 

 A. Sarnienfis, or the Guernfey Lily, to which it is nigh affinrd. The late Dr. Fothergill (to whom 

 the botanical world is fo much indebted, for the zeal and extraordinary liberality he conftantly mani- 

 fefted, in advancing the fcience) received this plant from China at the fame time with A. aurea, 

 A. radiata, K'c. about the year 1777- It is rather a fcarce and tender bulb, as it is fubjcft to rot by 

 overmuch wet. It has hitherto been kept, as are moll plants on their firlt arrival from China, in the 

 hot-houfe; but, from cvety appearance, we Ihould be led to fuppofe, it would not periflj if kept in 

 the Green. houfe, as we queftion much, whether it is not equally hardy with the Guernfey Lily, and a 

 native, originally, as well as the latter, of Japan. 



It Ihould be planted in fandy-ioam, with a fmall quantity of rough f)eat, above the tiles in the pot, 

 to make it flower. The propagation is from offsets, which are produced but rarely from the old 

 bulbs. Our figure was taken from a plant in the Hammerfmith nurfery this year, 1801, in the month 

 of Mav. 



