Hippeastrum and astronomy
Blanca Wingate (Sun, 14 May 2017 04:25:56 PDT)

Hello yet again,

I corrected the error, but the extra words still appear!

My apologies to all (especially to William Herbert).

Blanca Wingate
Point Reyes, California, USA

"Many years ago, when, in a letter published in the Hort. Soc. Trans. I
first distinguished this genus from the plants with which it had been
confounded, I retained for it the name Amaryllis, and proposed that of
Coburghia for Belladonna and Blanda. I was not then aware that Linnaeus
had given the name Amaryllis to Belladonna, with a playful reason
assigned; but as soon as I learned it, I felt, besides the general law
of priority, that the jeu d'esprit of a distinguished man out not to be
superceded, and that no continental botanist would submit to the
change. I therefore restored the name Amaryllis to Belladonna, and gave
that of Hippeastrum or Equestrian star to this genus, following up the
idea of Linnaeus when he named one of the original species equestre."

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