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AMARYLLIS rutila. 
Vermilion-flowered Amaryllis, 
HEXANDRIA -MONOGYNIA. ; 
CAL. 0, Cor. supera, nutans v. erecta, tubulosa 6-fida, infundibuli- 
formis ad hexapetalodi-partitam rotatam ; irregularis regularisve : lacinia 
quilongz, similes, recurve y. rard conniventes. Jv, inclusa, medio 
disco v. summo tubo insita, declinato-assurgentia, rard erecta, rarids 
‘conniventia. Anth. versatiles. Stylus inclinatus, coroll xqualis. Stig. 
apex apertus v. 3 replicata. Caps. membranacea, oblongo-trigona v. 
‘oblato-spheroidea & trisulca, 3-loc., 3-valv., valvis medio septigeris : 
semina biseriata, paleaceo-complanata, v. varié pressa, v. globosa, nunc 
unicum emollescente albumine bulboso-laxatum replens v. dilacerans cap- 
sulam. 
_ Bulbus tunicatus. Folia crassiuscula, ab angusté ad late lorata, ab 
uno paucisvé bifariis ad plurima mutltifaria, post v. ante scapum veni- 
entia. Spatha communis scapum terminans, 1-bivalvis, 1-multiflora, ° 
floribus umbellatis sessilibus v. pedicellatis, bracteato-distinctis, Semina 
quarundam funiculo suo fungoso incrassato subarillato-immersa.. 
A. rutila, spatha subbiflora,- celeritér arescente; floribus incluso-pedi- 
cellatis, nutantibus, brevitér tubulosis; limbo turbinato obliqué. rin- 
gente, laciniis 3 superioribus reflexo-conniventibus, inferioribus por- 
recto-divaricatis, ima duplo angustiore, distantiore: fauce tubi nuda. 
Bulbus subrotundus, albus, miniato-maculatus. Folia 3-plurima, ufaria, 
subpedalia, sublanceolato-lorata, infra unciam lata, apice obtusula, Scapus 
extra folia, compresso-teres, glaucus, pedalis, crassitudine penne olorine, 
‘Spatha 2-valvis, pedicellis duplo longior, citd arescens, nec arrecta: Germ, 
oblongum, obtuse trigonum, tubo bis brevius, 3-striatum, viride, foctum ovulis 
numerosis cumulatis complanatis. Cor. subquadriuncialis, in hiatu miniato~ 
micans, saturatins striata, fundo ochroleuco sexradiato : tubus subsemuncialis, 
trigonus, germini aequicrassus : limbus turbinato-campanulatus, 9-labiatus ; 
lac. elongato-lanceolate, undulata, 3 exter. latiores, carinate, mucronate, 
laterales. 2 mediam summam versis obliquata, inter. mutice: ima media 
lincari-lanceolata, antrorsim directa. Fil. miniata, declinato-incurva, alterna 
plurimiim longiora, corolla verd 1 tertid parte breviora; anthere: sulphureg, 
tandém lunulato-curvate, Stylus crassor, miniatus, trigono-teres : stig, 3, 
profundiis discreta, replicata, alba, teretia, obtusa, pube brevissimd pru- 
inata, 
An unrecorded species, and not known in our collec- 
tions, until very lately imported by Mr. Griffin, from 
whose botanical pursuits we have already derived the in- 
troduction of other new and curious plants. It was received 
by the way of Portugal, from St. Paul’s in the Brazils. 
