362 Description of Amaryllis Psittacina-Johnsoni. 



which I will endeavour to describe, and I may premise, that 

 my comparison is drawn from a flower of an older and larger 

 bulb of A. Psittacina, which expanded on the same day with 

 the hybrid. 



The corolla of the hybrid Amaryllis Psittacina-Johnsoni, 

 is nearly an inch longer than that of A. Psittacina ; it expands 

 about an inch wider. The upper lacinia of the corolla of 

 A. Psittacina assumes a horizontal position ; in the hybrid it 

 is inclined upwards, and the laceniae are altogether more re- 

 gularly and widely expanded, so that the flower shews itself 

 more advantageously. The faucial membrane of A. Psitta- 

 cina is minutely denticulated ; in the hybrid it is conspicuous- 

 ly bearded. But the superior beauty of the hybrid is to be 

 found in its colouring ; in A. Psittacina the crimson tint is 

 confined almost entirely to a small terminal portion of the 

 petals, and a few small streaks proceeding thence. In the 

 hybrid, it is not only of a richer quality of colour, but oc- 

 cupies a much larger space, being diffused over the whole 

 margin of the laciniae, besides a most delicate pencilling of 

 the same fine colour, which is streaked over the greater part 

 of their surface with an inimitable richness of effect, which is 

 much enhanced by a cream-coloured stripe proceeding from 

 the central green mass, and prolonged to their tips. But it 

 is so difficult to convey in words an adequate idea of the 

 complicated colouring of the flower, that I must refer you to 

 actual inspection of it, It only remains to me to add that the 

 foliage differs materially, as might be expected, from that of 

 its parents, but approximates more nearly to the male than to 

 the female parent. The leaves are rather broader than those 

 of A. Psittacina : they are of a lucid and somewhat dark 



