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AMARYLLIS fulgida. 
Stripe-tubed Amaryllis. 
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HEXANDRIA M0NOGYNL4A. 
Nat. ord. Nancisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. I. Germen inferum. 
AMARYLLIDER. Brown prod. 296. Sect. I. 
AMARYLLIS.  Spatha terminalis, bivalvis raritis indivisa. Flores 
1-multi, umbellati, bracteis distincti. Cor. erecta ad subcernuam, infundi- 
buliformis ad hexapetalodi-rotatam ; limbo altiore fauce, sepé irregulari. 
Fil. glanduloso disco v. summo tubo infra faucem inserta, erecto-divergenti 
ad fasciculato-declinata, profundits inclusa ad subexserta. -Anth. aa 
verse, versatiles, seepé vibrate. Germ. inferum; Jocul. collaterali-2sperma 
ad cumulato-polysperma. Stylus inclinatus, curvatus. - Stig. 3, replicata, 
vy. 1 sub3fidum depressum vy. apertum. Caps. oblata, 3 loba lobis rotundatis, 
8-loc., 3-valv., valvis medio septigeris. Sem. 2seriata, globosa ad foliaceo- 
complanata, raro subarillatim immersa funiculo crasso fungoso, modo 
bulboso-laxata, rarils solitaria: albuwmine carnoso: embryone recto. 
Bulbus concentricé tunicatus. Fol. 1 ad plurima, bifaria ad multifaria, 
linearia ad petiolata cum lamina oblonga, scapi isocrona v. tardiora. s tubs 
sepeé sertulo brevi membranoso fimbriatim squamatim ». alitér fisso v. integer- 
rimo arcté extra basin filamentorum cinctum. Non multiim valet limbi in- 
Jflexio ; cum sepé sold directione corolle pendat ; umbelle enim vidende in 
peripheria nutante trregulariflore, in centro erectiore regulariflore. Nobis in 
Journ. of science and the arts. 2, 344. 
Div. V. Bi-multiflore. Tubus nudus. Folia bifaria. ' 
A. fulgida, 2-pluriflora; foiiis oblongo-lanceolatis non glaucis: corollé 
nutante rictt obliquo, Jacinia summa reflexa latitudine dupla dateralium 
proximarum ; tubo aliquotiés (quatér?) longiore germine. 
Folia proportione plante brevia. Scapus teres, glaucus. Flores 2-4, 
tnodori: pedunculis erectis subsesquiuncialibus. Cor. 5-uncialis v. ultra, 
miniato-micans venoso-striata cum stella fauciali chloroleucd : tubus subun- 
cialis, obtusé trigonus, extiis. lineolis punctisque fulvis interruptis varius, ut 
quoque intus at bi parcitis, ore nudo: faux contractits turbinata, infra 
subventricosa: limbus patens, vecurvus, obliquatus; lacinia summa media 
ovali-lanceolata, tota reflexa, sesquiunciam lata; \aterales summe 2 mediam 
versis subascendentes, ex und guinté circa breviores, duploque v. ultra an- 
gustiores; laterales infimee 2 summe media subaquales, imam mediam versis 
decurvate, margine superiore curviores: ima media oblonga equalis laterd- 
libus superioribus. Vil. diluté miniata, declinato-assurgentia, inequalia, 
longiora % feré breviora limbo. Germ. viridans, subturbinatum 3-gonum 3 
ovulis albis numerosis in singulo loculo cumulatis. 
The present is the sixth unpublished species of Ama- 
ryLuis which this work-owes to Mr. Griffin, The nearest of 
its kind are crocata, rutila, equestris, and Regine; but in 
the first the tube of the corolla is scarcely equal to the 
