ALSTRfEME'RIA ERREMBAUL'TII. 
ERREMBAULT'S ALSTRCEMERIA. 
ENDOGEN^. 
OR 
Natural division ^ 
to which V 
this plant belongs. ' 
MONOCOTYLEDONEjE. 
EPIGYNOS.E, 
OF 
IINDLET. 
NATURAL ORDER, AMARYLLIDACEiE. 
1 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
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No. 237. 
HEXANDEIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEGS. 
GENUS, Alstrcemeria. Linnmus. Perigonium corollinum superum, 
sexpartitum, subcanipanulatum, regulare vel subbilabiatum, foliola interiora 
aiigiistiora, duo basi subtubulosa. Stamina sex, imo perigonio inserta; fiJa- 
menta erecta vel declinata, antherae ovales, erectae. Ovarium inferum,trilo¬ 
culare. OvuLA in loculis plurinia,liorizontalia, anatropa. Stylus filiformis, 
directione staminum; stigma trifidum, lobis replicatis. Capsula oblonga, 
V. globosa, tri-sex costata, trilocularis, loculicido-trivalvis, vel rarius baccata 
indehiscens. Se-mina in loculis plura, subglobosa, horizontalia, testa membra- 
nacea, rugosa, raphe immersa, umbilicum basilarem chalaza apicali tuberculi- 
formi jungente. Embryo axilis, albumine carnoso dimidio brevior, extremitate 
radiculari umbilicum attingente. HERBiE in America tropica et Australi 
extratropica indigenas; radicibus tuberosa-fasciculatis, caule folioso erecto, 
scandente vel volubili, floribus terminalibus umbellatis. Endlicher. Genera 
Plantarum, p. 180. 
HYBRID. Alstrcemeria Errembaultii {Hortus Bezgici/s) foliis glabris 
acutis; floribus geminis; vel raro tribusj foliolis perigonii ovatis vel obovatis 
apiculatis purpureo maculatis. 
Character of the Genus, Alstrcemeria. Perigonium corolla¬ 
like, superior, six-parted, and rather bell-shaped, regular, or somewhat 
two-lipped, interior leaflets the narrower two somewhat tubulose at 
the base. Stamens six, inserted at the bottom of the perigonium, 
filaments erect, or declinate. Anthers ovate, erect. Ovarium 
inferior, three-celled. Ovula numerous in the cells, horizontal, 
anatropous. Style filiform, in the direction of the stamens, stigma 
trifid, lobes replicate. Capsule oblong, or globose, three to six ribbed, 
three-celled, three-valved, rarely an indehiscent berry. Seeds many, 
in the cells rather globose, horizontal, testa membranaceous, rugose. 
Description of the Hybrid, Alstrcemeria Errembaultii. 
Stem round, about eighteen inches high, smooth. Involucral leaves 
about four, smooth, linear, lanceolate, acute, about two inches 
long, and a cpiarter of an inch broad. Peduncles about the length 
of the involucral leaves, round and smooth. Bracts smooth, linear, 
varying from an inch long, and three lines broad, to half an inch 
long, and a line and a half broad. Flowers about twelve, arranged 
in form of an umbel, about three inches in length, and two inches and 
a half in diameter, each peduncle bearing two, or rarely three, 
flowers. Leaflets of the perigone six, ovate, or obovate, more or 
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