ed. Murr._ _Amoen. Acad. 6. p. 247. cum icone._

HEMEROCALLIS floribus purpurascentibus maculatis vulgo Pelegrina.
_Feuill. Peruv. 2. p. 711. t. 5._

[Illustration: No 139]

Father FEUILLEE[3] figures and describes three species of
_Alstroemeria_, viz. _Pelegrina_, _Ligtu_, and _Salsilla_, common
names by which they are severally distinguished in Peru: the present
species, which is much valued by the natives on account of its beauty,
he informs us is found wild on a mountain to the north of, and a mile
distant from Lima.

From Peru, as might be expected, the present plant found its way into
Spain, from whence by the means of his beloved friend ALSTROEMER,
LINNÆUS first received seeds of it; the value he set on the acquisition
is evident from the great care he took of the seedling plants,
preserving them through the winter in his bed-chamber.

According to Mr. AITON, this species was introduced to the Royal Garden
at Kew, by Messrs. KENNEDY and LEE, as long ago as the year 1753.

Being a mountainous plant, it is found to be much more hardy than the
_Ligtu_ already figured, and is generally treated as a green-house
plant; it is found, however, to flower and ripen its seeds better under
the glass of a hot-bed frame, where air is freely admitted.

It flowers from June to October, and, though a perennial, is generally
raised from seeds, yet may sometimes be increased by parting its roots,