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ALSTRGEMERIA Flos Martini. 
St. Martin’s flower of Chih. 
a 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
! 
Nat. ord. Nancissi. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. III. Germen inferum. 
AMARYLLIDER. Brown prod. 1. 298. Sect. I. Radix 
fibrosa. Flores subspicati v. corymbosi. ; 
ALSTR@MERIA. Corolla supera, limbo sexpartito, laciniis tribus 
interioribus, quarum 2 tubulose aut convolute. Stamina inzequalia decli- 
nata, imis laciniis inserta. ~Germen inferum, 6-gonum; stylus 1, stigmata 3. 
Capsula infera (apice non tecta) sexangularis, mucronata, 3-locularis poly- 
sperma, seminibus globosis. Radix fibrosa; caulis foliosus, erectus aut 
volubilis, foliis alternis, sessilibus obliquis, flores terminales subsolitarii aut 
corymbost non spathacet. Jussieu I. c. 56. 
A. Flos Martini, caule erecto, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, pedunculis subum- 
bellatis involucratis trifloris, pedicellis tortuosis, petalis exterioribus ob- 
cordatis mucronatis. Ourtis’s Magaz. 2421; (sub A. pulchra). 
Alstreemeria pulchra. Curtis’s Magaz. loc. cit. 
The drawing of this new and lively flowered plant was 
taken at the garden of the Horticultural Society, enriched, 
extended, and arranged under the able direction of the in- 
telligent and indefatigable secretary, Mr. Sabine; next to 
whom we must not forget, in their different departments, 
Messrs. Lindley and Monroe. In our opinion that richly 
endowed establishment cannot be confided to abler or more 
competent agents, as well in regard to the application of its 
treasures, as a judicious management of the collection. 
Nor do we say this in idle flattery, for which we have no 
motive; but in proof of an approbation extorted from us 
by what we have seen, and by that which has been produced | 
within a period hardly to be believed, as if by magic. 
The present plant is known among the Chilians by the 
appellation of “ St. Martin’s flower”—Flor de San Martin. 
The seed was imported by the Horticultural Society, and 
the produce flowered this year for the first time. It will 
be a valuable addition even when put in competition with 
the prettiest of our hothouse species. 
