

Refugium Botanicum.| [June, 1878. 
TAB. 358. 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDACEZ. 
Tribe AMARYLLEA. 
Genus Amaryiuis, Linn. 
Sub-genus Hipprastrum, Herbert. 
A. crocata (Gawl., Bot. Reg. t. 88). Bulbo magno ovoideo, foltis 
4—6 bifariis loratis viridibus sesquipedalibus carnosis reflexis, 
scapo valido tereti glauco 2—38-pedali, umbellis 2—4-floris, 
spathe valvis lanceolatis pedicellis erectis equilongis, peri- 
anthio inodoro 5-pollicari cernuo fauce haud coronulato seg- 
mentis supra ovarium in tubum semipollicem longum coalitis 
saturate miniatis dorso et fundo viridibus flore expanso 
dimidio superiore falcatis, exterioribus 12 poll. latis, inte- 
rioribus 2 superioribus pollicem latis, infimi angustiori, geni- 
talibus perianthio distincte brevioribus. — Hippeastrwm bulbu- 
losum var. crocatum, Herb, Amaryll, 189; Kunth, Hnum. v. 629. 
A native of Brazil, long known in cultivation. 
Bulb ovoid, brown-tunicated, two to three inches thick. Leaves 
four to six, bifarious, lorate, green, sessile, a foot and a half long, 
an inch and a half to two inches broad, bluntish, recurved, 
narrowed to a broad base, fleshy, obscurely keeled down the face 
and back. Spathe two to three feet high, strong, erect, glaucous, 
subterete, half to three-fourths of an inch thick. lowers two to 
four, inodorous. WSpathes two, lanceolate, two to three inches 
long. Pedicels erect, as long as the spathes. Perianth cernuous, 
funnel-shaped, five inches deep, not produced at the throat, 
bright red tinged with green down the back, and with yellow- 
green in the throat; the segments united for half an inch above 
the ovary, falcate in the outer half in the expanded flower, the 
outer ones an inch and a half broad, the two upper inner ones an 
inch broad, the lowest inner one still narrower, all undulated 
towards the edges and narrowed to an acute point. Style and 
much incurved stamens considerably shorter than the perianth. 

I obtained this beautiful species of Amaryllis from Mr. E. 
Reed. The bulbs were collected by him in the neighbourhood of 
Bahia, and, coming to hand in good condition, flowers were soon 
produced, by potting them in good turfy loam and sand, and 
