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AMARYLLIS (the name of a girl in classical
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pastoral
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poetry)  , in
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botany, a genus of the natural
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order Amaryllidaceae, containing the
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belladonna
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lily (
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Amaryllis Belladonna), a native of
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South
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Africa, which was introduced into cultivation at the beginning of the 18th
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century . This is a
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half-
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hardy bulbous plant, producing in the
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spring a number of strap-shaped, dull
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green leaves, 1—ri ft.
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long, arranged in two rows, and in autumn a solid
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stem, bearing at the
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top a cluster of 6—12
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funnel-shaped,
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flowers, of a
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rose
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colour and very fragrant . Several forms are known in cultivation . Most of the so-called Amaryllis of gardens belong to the allied genus
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Hippeastrum (q.v.) .

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