o decorate the
flower border or plantation in the spring, when flowers are most wanted.

It is very hardy, and increases abundantly by offsets; its seeds also
ripen well.

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AMARYLLIS VITTATA. SUPERB AMARYLLIS.

_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ hexapetaloidea, irregularis. _Filamenta_ fauci tubi inserta,
declinata, inaequalia proportione vel directione, _Linn. fil._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

AMARYLLIS floribus pedicellatis, corollis
cuneiformi-infundibuliformibus, petalorum exteriorum rachibus
interiorum margini adnatis, scapo tereti, stigmatibus sulcatis.
_Linn. fil._

AMARYLLIS _vittata._ _L'Herit. Sert. Angl. t. 15._ _Ait. Hort. Kew. p.
418._

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LINNAEUS, the Son, took much pains in new modelling the generic
and specific characters of this genus; as may be seen in the _Hort.
Kew_: Mons. L'HERITIER, when in England a few years since, saw
this species, described and named it _Vittata_[1].

Of what country it is a native is not known with certainty, most
probably of the Cape, was first introduced into England by Mr.
MALCOLM.

Our figure was drawn from a fine specimen which flowered this spring
with Messrs. GRIMWOOD and Co. Kensington.

It usually flowers in April or May, but may be forwarded by artificial
heat.

It rarely puts forth offsets from the root, but readily produces seeds,
by which it is propagated without difficulty.

When it blossoms in perfection it truly deserves the name of superb,
which Mr. AITON has given it, the stem rising to the height of
three feet or more, and producing from two to five flowers.

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ALYSSUM UTRICULATUM. BLADDER-PODDED ALYSSUM.

_Class and Order._

TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA.

_Generic Character._

_Filamenta_ quaedam introrsum denticulo notata. _Silicula_ emarginata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ALYSSUM _utriculatum_ caule herbaceo erecto, foliis laevibus lanceolatis
integerrimis, filiculis inflatis. _Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14.
Murr._

ALYSSOIDES fruticosum, leucoji folio viridi. _Tourn. inst. 218._

[Illustration: No 130]

A native of the Levant, and cultivated by Mr. MILLER in the
year 1739.

Is a hardy and beautiful perennial, flowering from April to June, at
which time it begins to form its curiously inflated pods.

Like the _Alyssum deltoideum_, it is well adapted to the decorating of
walls, o