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AMARYLLIDACEjE. 
anthers affixed at one-third from the bottom, or rather 
nearer to the middle, suberect; style declined. 
1. Purpurea. — Amaryllis purpurea. Bot. Mag. 35. 
1430. Am. elata. Jacq. H. Sch. 1. 32. t. 62. 
Am. Speciosa. L'Herit. S. Aug. 12. 
Var. 2. Minor. — Am. purpurea. Bot. Reg. 7. 552. 
Flowers smaller and paler. 
This beautiful plant is so closely allied to Cyrtanthus, 
that I have even entertained doubts of its being distinct, and 
should wish to see it ascertained by further experiments 
whether it is incapable of mingling with that genus. Those 
who confound it with Hippeastrum are quite in error. So 
ill are the affinities of plants in this order understood, that I 
observe some Botanists persist in uniting it with Amaryllis, 
from which it is widely removed. Dr. Burchell told me that 
it was the only bulb of the order that he had found growing 
in boggy peat in Africa. It delights so much in wet, that it 
will thrive even in water. Its decayed coats are, however, 
so very retentive of moisture, and impenetrable to the air, 
that the plant does not flourish in the stove or greenhouse, 
unless they are pulled oft’ if the bulb be above ground : and, 
although it is very thirsty, the bulbs are often lost by 
rottenness, and are very apt to decay on the voyage from the 
Cape. I think in a pot it succeeds better in loam or loam 
and peat mixed than when planted entirely in peat. It 
must be kept always growing, and shows no dislike to the 
stove in winter. All Cyrtanthiform pollen is small. 
§. 2. Hippeastriformes. — Germen triangular, wider above, 
constricted in the middle. Tube narrow-mouthed. 
Capsule 3-celled, 3-furrowed, 3-valved. Occidental 
plants. 
31. Sprekelia.- — Jacobean lily. Perianth declined, tube 
scarcely any, upper segments 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 as 
the style ; the upper sepaline and lower petaline 
shorter than the others. Anthers pendulous, affixed 
one-third from the top. 
1. Formosissima. — Amaryllis formosissima. Bot. Mag. 
2. 47. 
