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ALSTRCEMERIA lineatiflora. 
Lined Alstrcemeria. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Amaryllidacea;. 
ALSTRCEMERIA. Botanical Register, vol. 1839. fol. 13. 
A. lineatiflora ; foliis oblongis obtusis basi angustatis superioribus verti- 
cillatis, corymbi pedunculis subtrifloris, sepalis obovato-cuneiformibus 
cuspidatis, petalis angustioribus lanceolatis basi canaliculatis. 
A. lineatiflora, FI. Peruv. 3. 60. t. 289. RSmer If Schultes Syst. veg. 10. 739. 
A. Ligtu, var. 2. Herbert Amaryll. p. 92. 
At last we have the pleasure of publishing the true 
Alstrcemeria lineatiflora , from Peruvian roots presented to the 
Horticultural Society by John Maclean, Esq. of Lima. It is 
one of the finest of its class, and although, doubtless, very 
near A. Ligtu , peregrina, and pulcra , apparently distinct from 
either. 
In addition to the discriminating marks between these 
beautiful species, pointed out by the learned investigator of 
the genus, ( Herbert A mar y llid f p. 93,) it will be found that 
A. pulcra has the sepals and petals constantly serrated, which 
is never the case in the other three, and that the form of their 
leaves or sepals affords clear marks for further discrimination. 
In A. lineatiflora the leaves are short, very blunt, and of 
nearly equal size ; in A. peregrina they are also of nearly 
equal size, but very sharp ; and in Ligtu the upper are very 
narrow and taper-pointed. Then, as to the sepals ; in A. 
peregrina they are deeply ohcordate, in pulcra narrow, spatu- 
late, ohovate with a little point, in Ligtu roundish obovate 
with a very small point, and in lineatiflora ohovately wedge- 
shaped with a large point. By these marks it appears that 
these species may be certainly distinguished ; and that being 
