less apicuiate^ smooth, the interior white, more or less painted of a 
delicate rose pink colour, and beautifully spotted with purple, or short 
purple streaks, the apicula is more or less of a delicate green colour; 
on the exterior surface of the leaflet the pink colour is deeper, and is 
not so much spotted or streaked as the interior surface, and having a 
large deep green blotch near the apex. Filaments six, declinate, 
shorter than the style, of a dark pink colour. Anthers yellow, oblong, 
innate, about one sixth the length of the stamens, two-celled, cells 
opposite, contiguous. Style about one sixth longer than the filaments, 
smooth, and of the same colour as the stamens, and having the apex 
divided into three parts, each of which is refiexed ; stigma minute. 
Germen ovate, or globular, smooth, with six deep furrows. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. The Genus Alstroe- 
meria is composed of herbaceous plants with tuberous roots. They 
are exclusively inhabitants of South America, and that part of North 
America situate within the tropics. The whole of the species of this 
genus are peculiarly handsome, and well,worthy of cultivation by those 
who delight in a collection of beautiful and shewy plants. Alstroe- 
meria Salsilla is a plant of great beauty, and native of Peru. Its 
roots are cultivated in the West Indies similar to the potatoe with us, 
and are eaten by the inhabitants. 
Introduction; Where groavn; Culture. The plant now 
figured, Alstrcemeria Errembaultii, is a hybrid, probably from peregrina 
or psittacina, and was first raised in the Belgium Garden. Our 
drawing was made from a plant obligingly transmitted to us from the 
collection of Charles Barclay, Esq. Bury Hill, near Dorking, Surrey, 
where not only this, but many others of this tribe of plants are culti¬ 
vated in great perfection by his gardener, Mr. Scott, who, more than 
once, has obtained the medal of the London Horticultural Society, for 
their exhibition at the Chiswick gardens. This is not a tribe of 
plants very difficult of culture, although to arrive at the perfection of 
Mr. Scott, requires science, and skill. Many of the species require no 
protection, and may be planted out of doors, against a south wall, or 
in the front of a greenhouse, provided that the soil is both light and 
dry; in such a situation the following species have stood the severest 
of our winters, in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, without having 
so much as a leaf injured. Alstrcemeria acutifolia, pulchella, versicolor, 
Hookerii, tricolor, and psittacina. The only protection there employed 
was to keep the soil well loosened on the surface. All the species 
may be propagated by division, but the best plants are raised from 
seeds. Mr. Scott has kindly sent us some observations on the culture 
of the genus, which, as space will not admit their insertion here, shall 
be printed in the Auctarium, of the Botanic Garden. AVest. 
Derivation of the Name. 
Alstrcemeria, after Baron Alstroemer, a Swedish botanist. Errembaultii, 
probably after the name of the person who raised it. 
