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AMARYLLIS solandreeflora. £6. within: 
Striped Amaryllis Solandreflora. ae 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDE. . . 
AMARYLLIS. V. supra, vol. 1. fol: 23. 
Sana nee Wee 
A, solandreflora ; 2-4-flbéra, perianthio infundibulari subregulari, tubo gra- 
cillimo intus niudo limbo multd longiore, stigmate ebtust 3-lobo, Lind- 
ley, coll. bot. £11. yy 
B. vittata. 
Folia lorata, glaucescentia, sub anthesi erecta, scapo multoties breviora, 
Postice recurva, margine paululum cartilagineo. Scapus cylindraceus, fistu- 
losus, elaucus, subbipedalis. Spatha viridis, erecta, pedunculis duplo longior. 
Flores sulphurei, immaculati, pedicellati, cernui. Perianthium 9-unciale, 
infundibulare, subregulare, laciniis latis, ovato-lanccolatis, striatis : infima 
angustiore; marginibus infra faucem nudam cum tubo connatis. Stamina 
declinata, fauce inserta, limbo paulo breviora, ea laciniis interioribus oppo- 
sita longiora. Ovarium trigonum, 3-loculare, polyspermum. Ovula plana, 
disticha. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obtuse tri- 
lobum. Lindl. 1. c. 
A handsome variety of this most distinct species of 
Amaryllis, originally imported from Cayenne, about five 
years ago, by Mr. Brookes, of the Ball’s Pond Nursery. It 
differs from the type of the species, principally, in having 
a faint crimson stain along the axis of the outer segments 
of the perianthium ; and in the style being longer than the 
Stamens. 
- For our figure we are obliged to James Henry Slater, 
Esq. of Newick Park, near Uckfield; from whose garden 
the plant was communicated some time ago*. 
In the work from which our description has been ex- 
tracted, it is stated, that “ Notwithstanding the great and 
Striking difference between this plant and Amaryllis vittata 
* In our article 867 under Eranthemum strictum, for John, read, James 
Henry Slater, Esq. Mr. Slater informs us he received that plant, through a 
friend, from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. 
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