NAT. ORDER. 
Amaryllidacece. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA. JACOBEAN AMARYLLIS. 
Class VI. Hexandria. Order I Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Perianth, declined. Tube, scarcely any, upper seg- 
ments reflex, lower sloped downwards, convolute at the base. 
Filaments, inserted equally, with a connecting membrane at 
the base of the perianth, fasciculate, declined and recurved 
at the style. The upper Sephaline, and the lower Petaline, 
shorter than the others. Anthers, pendulous, affixed one-third 
from the top. 
Spe. Char. Perianth, six-parted, somewhat campanulate. Seg- 
ments, acuminate ; the three upper-ones forming a kind of 
crown. Leaves, ensiform. 
This beautiful plant is a native of South America, and, ac- 
cording to Linnasus, was known in Europe as long ago as the year 
1593. "It is also described by Parkinson in 1629, and placed by 
him among the Daffodils. At that time stoves and green-houses 
were unknown : consequently it is not to be wondered why it was 
not more generally cultivated. 
Propagation and Culture. This is certainly one of the most 
beautiful plants of the flower garden, and is considerably cultiva- 
ted in some of the extensive gardens in England ; but in the 
United States it is at present but little known. The roots send 
forth a large number of offsets, especially when they are kept in a 
moderate warmth in winter. The roots of this plant will live in 
a good green-house, or may be preserved through the winter un- 
der a common hot-bed frame ; but in this case it will not flower so 
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