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THE AMARYLLIS. 
tuba has greenish white flowers and a red 
tube: conspicutem has the tube purplish red, 
and the other part of the flower faintly striped. 
Stove bulbs. 
Hippeastrum ambiguum, (doubtful Ilippe- 
astrum.) — The variety longiflorum of this 
spi cies has flowers eight inches long, white, 
with red stripes. Flowers in March ; one 
foot high ; native of Lima. A variety called 
longiflora has beautiful whitish flowers, 
streaked with red and green. Stove bulbs. 
Hippeastrum brevijiorum, (short-flowered 
Hippeastrum.) — This kind has short, nearly 
ovate petals, white, striped with red. Flowers 
in April ; two feet high ; native of Buenos 
Ayres. Stove bulb. 
Hippeastrum vittatum, (superb Hippeas- 
trum.) — The leaves of this species are broad, 
the flowers large and nearly six inches long, 
white, doubly striped with dull red. The 
variety lati folium has broader leaves, and 
flowers with more red, and a green star. 
Flowers in April ; one and a half foot high ; 
native of the Cape of Good Hope. Green- 
house bulbs. 
Hippeastrum reticulatum, (netted-veined 
Hippeastrum.) — The flowers of this are pur- 
plish red, reticulated or veined with a deeper 
colour, and with a large white star in the 
centre. Flowers in March and April ; one 
foot and a half high ; native of Brazil. This 
has given rise to a very numerous progeny 
of hybrids, differing in the colour and form of 
the Cower. Stove bulbs. 
Hippeastrum equestre, (Barbadoes Lily.) — 
The flowers of this are bright orange, with a 
green star. Flowers in July; one foot high ; 
native of Surinam, Trinidad, and the West 
Indies. The variety called major has larger 
flowers, and larger and more erect leaves; and 
the variety semiplena has the flowers semi- 
double. This last is found in Cuba, and in 
the Bahamas. Stove bulbs. 
Hippeastrum stylosum, (the long-styled 
Hippeastrum.) — The flowers of this kind are 
dull coppery flesh colour, with a greenish 
tube. Flowers in May and June ; one foot 
high ; native of Maranham, and hence called 
H. Maranense. Stove bulb. 
Hippeastrum regium, (Mexican Lily.) — 
This is a splendid species ; the flowers are 
rich scarlet, with a green star, and are more 
funnel-shaped than some other kinds ; flowers 
in May and June ; two feet high ; said to be 
a native of Mexico, but probably inhabiting 
some warmer place, perhaps Vera Cruz. It 
was named from having flowered first in 
England on the Queen's birthday, in 1728. 
Stove bulb. 
Hippeastrum bulbidosum, (Bulb-forming 
Hippeastrum.) — This species has the pecu- 
liarity of forming little blind bulbs around the 
larger ones, which sometimes lie dormant for 
years. It inhabits the middle latitudes of 
Brazil. There are a number of varieties : — 
subbarbatum has deep orange flowers ; ruti- 
lum, brilliant scarlet flowers; fulgidum, 
flowers larger and paler than rutilum ; Sim- 
sianum (or miniatum) has red-lead coloured 
flowers ; acuminatum has pale red flowers ; 
and pulvendentum, deeper red flowers. They 
have all a cernuous or drooping tube, and the 
upper petal turns back. Stove bulbs. 
The hybrid varieties, raised between the 
species of Hippeastrum, are almost without 
number, and differ chiefly in the form, size, 
or colour of the flowers. 
Amaryllis, as at present restricted, con- 
tains but a very limited number of plants, 
compared with the popular ideas respecting it. 
Amaryllis Belladonna, (the Belladonna 
Lily.) — This species is hardy, though requiring 
to be somewhat more under control than 
when in the open ground to cause it to flower 
freely ; the leaves are strap-shaped ; the 
flowers large, and funnel-shaped, flesh-co- 
loured ; flowers in July and September ; two 
feet high ; native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
and introduced and naturalized in Madeira. 
Amaryllis blanda, (charming Amaryllis.) — 
The flowers are large, spreading, and re- 
curved ; colour, pink ; flowers in May and 
June ; one foot and a half high ; native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Green-house 
bulb. 
Amaryllis Josephiniana, (Josephine's Ama- 
ryllis.) — The bulbs of this plant are some- 
times imported of an immense size ; the leaves 
are tongue-shaped; the flowers are scarlet, 
and very magnificent ; flowers in June and 
August ; one foot and a half high ; native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. There is a variety 
with smaller flowers, called minor. Green- 
house bulbs. 
Amaryllis Banhsiana, (Sir Joseph Banks' 
Amaryllis.) — The flowers of this handsome 
species are large, and deep flesh-coloured or 
pink ; flowers in August and September ; two 
feet high ; native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Green- house bulb. 
Habranthus is derived from habros, deli- 
licate, and anthos, a flower. It includes many 
of the smaller kinds, most of them of great 
beauty. 
Habranthus phycelloides (Phycella-like 
Habranthus.) — The leaves are obtuse; the 
flowers yellow below, and scarlet above ; 
flowers in September ; one foot high ; na- 
tive of Chili. Green-house bulb. 
Habranthus hermesinus, (carmine Ha- 
branthus.) — The leaves are linear, with an 
obtuse point ; the flowers nearly erect, and 
funnel-shaped ; colour, carmine ; flowei's in 
June ; one foot high ; native of Brazil, most 
