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AMARYLLIS: coranica. 
Corana Amaryllis. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54, Div. II. Germen in- 
ferum. 
Amaryiuipem. Brown prod. 290. 
AMARYLLIS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 23. 
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A. coranica, foliis bifariis alterné utrdque versis falcato-obliquatis serru- 
latis; scapo plano duplo altiore umbella numeros’; corollis ‘regula- 
ribus infundibuliformibus revolutis: duplo longioribus pedicellis: tubo’ 
duplo breviore limbo. 
Bulbus ovato-sphericus, diametro sepe novemunciali, intezumentis nervoso- 
membranaceis feré innumeris externé versis in crustam crassam duram et 
JSragilem conferruminatis tectus. Folia 6-12, lorata, sesuncialia ad bipedalia, 
| maximum sesquinnciam lata, glauca, supra convexiuscula et striata. Scapus 
| lateralis, inclinatus, plano-anceps, glaucus. Spatha bivalvis, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, sphacelata. Flores 20-40, laxius et convexiis umbellati, suscessivis 
vesperis dispandentes, odorati, purpureo-pallescentes at subtrist? et opace : 
pedicelli teretes, subunciales, ramentis bracteaceis interstincti, neque ac in 
: Brunsvicia cum fructu clavato-elongandi. Germen breve, oblongum, ro- 
tundatum, polyspermum, ovulis 15 circitér in singulo loculo biseriatim congestis. 
Corolla tubus subuncialis, rotundato-trigonus, fauce nuda; limbus eodem 
duplo longior, turbinato-campanulatus, superné revolutus, laciniis ad basin 
usque distantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, subcequalibus, lineas 2 circiter latis, 
alternis hamato-apiculatis. Stam. % parte breviora limbo, erecto-divergentia: 
fil. ori tubi imposita, corolla concolora: anth. lineares, post anthesin lunulato- 
curvate, incumbentes, vibratiles. Stylus filamentorum concolor, tristriato- 
Siliformis, pariim attenuatus, inclinatus, flori equalis : stig. punctum obtusum. 
Besides being new and ornamental, the present species 
has a claim to our interest as the first fruit offered to the 
public from the long and arduous expedition of Mr. W. J. 
Burchell. This meritorious traveller has recently returned 
| to his country after an absence of more than five years, 
| four of which have been unremittingly occupied in ex- 
) ploring the regions adjoining the settlements at the Cape 
of Good Hope, in such directions and for such distances as 
have enabled him to investigate vast tracts not visited by 
any European. Zeal for science prompted the undertak~ 
ing, and his own purse has defrayed the expense of it. 
He is now preparing a narrative for publication from the 
sources of a very copious journal. This will be followed 
by a separate work devoted wholly to natural history ; 
