This most distinguished plant, was first introduced to this country by Mrs. Hudson of Manchester, about the year 1797; but is now found in most collections round the Metropolis. It is increased by the seed, which ripens in this climate, and from the root, which makes abundance of offsets. The flowers expand in rotation, three or four upon each stem at the interval of a few days; the stem growing to the height of about two feet. So very rapid is the progress of the blossom in its decay, from the time of its opening, which is generally about seven o’clock in the morning; that before twelve, the lustre is gone, and it is quite decayed by three, or four. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith Nursery in July; and still there were a number of flower stems, which had not, as yet, made an appearance of flowering. It is best grown in peat earth. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXIX. AMARYLLIS RETICULATA. _Netted-flowered Lily-Daffodil._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 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. To ensure the flowering of this plant, it is necessary to plunge the pot in the heat of the bark-bed of the hothouse; and, during the winter months, to keep the earth rather dry, as the bulbs are very subject to rot, without that precaution. It should be planted in a composition of old rotten dung, or leaf mould, and a small proportion of loam. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXX. ATRAGENE AUSTRIACA. _Austrian Atragene._ CLASS XIII. ORDER VII. _POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 4-phyllus. Petala. 12. Semina caudata. EMPALEMENT 4 leaves. Petals 12. Seeds with tails. See ATRAGENE CAPENSIS, Pl. IX. Vol. I. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Atragene foliis oppositis, triternatis; foliolis rugosis, ferratis; floribus solitariis, tomentosis, cernuis; calyce magno, cæruleo, marginato.