STRIPED Al-STROEMERIA. 
The third species, or our Striped Alstroe- 
meria, vulgarly called the Striped -flowered Als- 
troemeria, has the barren steins clothed with 
awl-^haped leaves pressed to it, terminated with, 
spatulate-oblong leaves placed in a kind of 
rose. The floriferous stem is also clothed with 
awl-shaped leaves, clasping close to it, and ter- 
minated with a shorter involucre. The pedun- 
cles are few, very simple, naked, and longer 
than the involucre. The three upper petals 
of the corolla are longer ; white ; dotted at the 
base, and spotted at the tip, with red : the three 
lower ones shorter, especially the lowest; 
almost awl-shaped ; and red. The filaments 
are longer than the lower petals, and rugged: 
the anthers are twin, and yellow: the pistil is 
red. This species is remarkable for the large- 
ness of it's iiowers, and for their fragrancy. 
The odour is scarcely inferior to that of Mig~ 
nionette. It flowers in February and March, 
and was first introduced in England, by John 
Brown, Esq. about the year 1776. 
The fourth species, or Alstroerneria SalsilJa, 
has nervose leaves ; naked petioles ; the invo- 
lucre many-leaved, awl-shaped, and reflex ; pe- 
duncles few, elongated, sustaining one or two 
flowers : 
