Hippeastrum elegans. Solandra-flowered knight's-star lily, var. 2, Hippeastrum solandriflorum variety. Native to Central and South America, taken from a plant of Mr. Lee's in the Spofforth collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by William Herbert from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1825.

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