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151. URCEOLINA pendula. 



Herb. Am. p. 193. app.—V. fulva ? ih. 194. t. 26./. 5. 



CoUania urceolata. R. et Sch. syst. 8. 892. 



U. pendula; bulbo ovato, foliis 2-4 long^ pedunculatis lamina 9-unciali 4 unc. 

 lata apiculata, scapo sesquipedall rotundatfe subanciplti pallid^ subglauco, 

 spatba sesquiunciali pallida, umbella 5-9-flora pedunculis curvis spatba bre- 

 vioribus, germine pendulo t| unc subgloboso costato viridi, tubo semunciali 

 viridi, corona i unc. sinubus interstamineis, Umbo 1 1 unc. luteo-subrubes- 

 cente apicem versus viridi albomarginato, filamentis limbo longloribus sepa- 

 lino superiore elongato, petalino inferiore abbreviate, stylo product©, stigmate 

 parvulo, antheris luteis brevibus a terti^ parte affixis. — W. H. 



This remarkable plant flowered for the first time at 



Spofforth in June last, having been kept dry m the green 



house during the winter, and it has verified the pred 

 (Herb. Amar. p. 194.) that " some attempt to form a mem- 

 branous cup must be found in this genus when better known," 

 under which persuasion, as is there stated, it was placed in 

 the Pancratiform section, though it had been called a Crinum 

 by Ruiz, who entirely overlooked the membrane on the teeth 

 of which the filaments are borne, and of which the edge is 

 conspicuous on looking into the flower, though its sides are 

 completely adhesive to the limb, which can however be 

 stripped ofi" from it. This adhesion of the lower part of the 

 segments of the limb to the cup gives it the appearance of 

 forming a part of the tube, which is not truly the case. The 

 size of the flowers is exaggerated in the 'Flora Peruviana, 

 and it is therefore probable that the specimen which was 

 named fulva from its apparently deeper colour, and its 

 smaller and more numerous flowers, may not be distinct. 

 Leperiza latifolia (Pancratium latifolium of Ruiz) is closely 

 allied to Urceolina, and as the staminiferous membrane is 

 found to exist in the latter, it is not improbable, fas stated 

 Herb. Amar. p. 195) that the genus Leperiza will merge in 

 Urceolina, supposing the lilv-like scaly bulb represented in 

 the Fl. Per. to be an error of the artist's ; in which case the 

 principal distinguishing feature of Leperiza would be the 

 freedom of the upper part of the cup, the foliage and habit 



being very similar. . . - 



*' Urceolina likes a strong rich loam. It is a native of 



the shady woods of the Peruvian Andes, and its leaves suff"er 



from exposure to a fierce sun. It seems to thrive in a higher 



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