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AMARYLLIDACE.E. 
with any answer to the inquiries I took the liberty 
of making about the Amaryllidaceous plants he 
collected in Chili, concerning which the notices 
he printed are not sufficiently explicit : but it is 
rather my duty to apologise for having intruded on 
the occupations of Professor Poeppig, than to com- 
plain of his silence. 
3. Magnifica. — Perianthii tubo semunciali, ilimbo 2f ; 
stylo filam. et perianth, semunc. longiore (appendi- 
cibus, ni fallor, inconspicuis). 
Var. 1. PI. 24. f. 16. Specim. ex Limache et Colmo, 
Bridges. Herb. Hooker, foliis 2-2i ped. i unc. vcl 
ultra lat. subacutis, scapo pedali ; spatha 2-unc. 
pedunc. unc. germ, oblongo, tubo rubro, limbo 
rubro colore aureo inferne admixto. 
Var. 2. PI. 24. f. 12. 13. et 14. Specim. ex Valparaiso, 
Gumming, 456. Herb. Hooker, absque foliis. Sca- 
po 9-unc. pedunc. 2^, tubo rubro, limbo duabus 
parti bus inferioribus aureis, superiore rubra. Much 
the most splendid species of Pliycella yet known. 
The leaves of Var. 1. grow to the length of two feet 
and a half ; the tube half an inch long, red ; and 
the limb red upwards, red and golden mixed be- 
low. Var. 2. has longer peduncles on a shorter 
scape, tube red, but the lower part of the limb pure 
golden. In both the flower is three inches and a 
quarter long. I cannot ascertain that they have 
any faucial appendages, but I have only seen dry 
specimens. This genus, which shows much inter- 
nal diversity with a great general similarity of 
aspect, seems to be mainly distinguishable into 
species by the modifications of the faucial mem- 
brane, and without an opportunity of inspecting a 
fresh flower, it is difficult to come at the knowledge 
of the facts. Magnifica has the style half an inch 
longer than the limb, the filaments not exceed- 
ing it. 
4. Graciliflora. — PI. 25. fig. 4. Specim. ex Mendoza. 
Gillies. Herb. Lambert. Specim. ex valle inter 
Viliam Vicentio et apieem montis Paramillo. Gil- 
lies. Herb. Hooker. Folia 1 9-unc. § lat. utrinque 
attenuata, obtusa; scapo 3-9 unc. pedunc. 6-7, in- 
