Corolla 6-petala, campanulata. Stigma trifidum.
Blossom 6-petalled, bell-shaped. Summit three-cleft.
See Amaryllis Radiata, Pl. XCV. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Amaryllis spatha multiflora; corollis reticulatis, purpureis; foliis oblongis, reticulatis, basi attenuatis.
Lily Daffodil, sheath many flowered; blossoms netted and purple; leaves oblong, netted, and tapered at the base.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Petal and its Chive, attached, as it is in the flower.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit.
The Amaryllis reticulata, a native of Brazil, South America, was first cultivated in the year 1772, at the Hammersmith nursery; the bulbs had been received from Portugal by Edward Whittaker Gray, M.D. of the British Museum; and were by him communicated to Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. Our drawing was made this spring, in May, from a plant in the invaluable, and extensive collection of hothouse plants, at Stepney, belonging to T. Evans, Esq. where it flowers annually.