724: 
AMARYLLIS candida. 
Peruvian Amarylilis. 
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“HEXANDRIA MWONOGY. NIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEE. Brown prod. 1. 206. Sect. I. 
AMARYLLIS. Supra vol. 3. fol. 226. 
a 
A. candida, flore solitario erecto, petalis obtusis subeequalibus conniventi- 
patentibus; pedunculo spatha univalvi pluriés breviore; staminibus ad- 
scendentibus: antheris 4 dorso innatis non mobilibus; foliis linearibus 
carnosis. ; : 
Bulbi parvi rotundi atri. Folia fasciculata linearia plana glaberrima 
carnosa leté viridia, longitudine inequalia, biuncialia ad 8-uncialia. Scapus 
conformis erectus foliis longioribus brevior, uniflorus. Spatha membranacca 
purpurascens hinc fissa flore duplo brevior. los inodorus erectus breviter 
pedunculatus non cum scapo continuus. Corolla alba bast viridescens, petalis 
subequalibus ovatis obtusts sub umbra semipatentibus, sub sole expansis, nocte 
conniventibus, semper autem apice CRoct more incurvis, tubo brevissimo. 
Stamina 6 petalis plusquam duplo breviora, fauce tubi inserta, equalia, 
ascendentia non declinata; anther innate filamentis subequales erecte non 
versatiles. Stylus declinatus, staminibus paululim longior. Stigma trilobum 
nec trifidum, lobis appressis nec patentibus; ovarium triloculare ; ovula 
carnosa disticha. Capsula deest: sed ex ovulorum visu semina forte rotunda 
pisiformia. Lindley MSS. 
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This species was sent to the Horticultural Society in 
1823, from Peru, where it was collected, with many other 
curious plants, by Mr. Cowan. It flowered in a cold frame 
in May. ‘ q 
The flowers close in the evening, or in the shade, in 
the same: manner as those of Crocus: a singular circum- 
stance, which, we believe, has not been noticed in any other 
species of Amaryllis. Lindley MSS. 
Bulbs small, round, black. Leaves fascicled, linear, flat, 
quite smooth, fleshy, bright green, of from two to eight 
inches long. Scape shorter than the leaves, compressed, 
one-flowered. Spathe membranous, opened on one side, 
twice shorter than the flower. Flower without scent, up- 
right, peduncled, not sitting upon the scape. Corolla 
white, greenish below, petals ovate, nearly even, obtuse, 
half opened in the shade, wide opened in the sunshine, 
