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AMARYLLIDACEiE. 
lie finds one with smooth leaves, which is probably 
aurea. 1 have found no approximation in the 
foliage of seedling plants of aurea and Simsiana, of 
which the parent plants were growing at a small 
distance from each other. The flower-stem of Hse- 
mantha perishes almost before the seed is ripe, and 
the plant goes to rest for about six months ; aurea 
preserves its leaves till cut by severe frost, and is 
not much disposed to rest entirely. 
Var. 3. Pilosa. — Bot. Reg. 17. 1410. Ciliaris ? Poeppig 
Fr. syn. A shorter plant? with the ciliation of the 
leaves more conspicuous, and the sepals serrate in- 
stead of denticulate. The colour is much too pale 
in the plate in the Bot. Reg. which would have pre- 
vented Poeppig from recognizing it in his Ciliaris, 
which I believe to be the same plant, and in that 
case, whether it be considered as a variety or a sepa- 
rate species, the name pilosa has the priority. 
Ciliaris? Poeppig Fr. syn. absque icone. Stalk 
2-3 feet ; leaves lance-oval, about 4 inches long, 
half an inch wide, ciliated with bristles, petiole 1J 
inch; upper leaves narrower; peduncles 9-12, 2- 
flowered, 3 inches long; flowers less than in hae- 
mantha, always vermilion. A very rare plant; on 
the mountains near Concon in North Chili, flower- 
ing in Oct. It seems to differ chiefly in a harsher 
ciliation, and smaller flowers, which scarcely dis- 
tinguish it from a species said to be so variable. The 
longest petals of pilosa, which I believe to be this 
plant, are 1 inch | long, those of the longest var. of 
Simsiana, 2 inches and \ ] the shorter comes nearer 
to pilosa. 
§ 9. Stalk scarcely above ground , one-flowered. 
28. Pigmaea. — PI. 8. fig. 4 — 13. Specim. Matthews, 
865. near Pasco, Peru. Dec. Herb. Hooker. Root 
tuberous, white, palmated ; leaves just above 
ground, lance-linear, about an inch long, glaucous; 
one-flowered, perianth bright yellow ; petals 
marked below with dark brown ; stigma deeply 3- 
cleft. This curious little plant is very unlike an 
Alstrcemeria in many respects. In the specimen the 
germen is covered by the leaves, and the segments 
