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PENTLANDIA miniata, var. 2. Sulivanica. 
Red-lead-coloured Pentlandia, Commodore Sulivaws variety. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDACEA, $ OPORANTHIFORMES, scapo solido, tubo non 
coronato, seminibus testaceis. 
PENTLANDIA. Herbert. Perianthium cernuum tubo infra subeylindrico 
` tenui curvatulo superne ventricosé ovali limbo brevi reflexé semipatenté regulari, 
filamenta recta subeequalia filiformia tubi regionis ventricos medio inseparabiliter 
inserta, stylus rectus tenuis stigmate incrassato, antheree medio affixee versatiles. 
Plante Andine bulbo ovato superne. angustato, foliis hysteranthiis margine in 
oriundo reflexe compresso seriüs explicato lanceolate angusto-ovalibus petiolo 
crasso, germine curvatulo trigone oblongo utrinque attenuato fronte declivi. 
P. miniata ; umbellà 4-6-florá, folio attenuaté subacuto (unico ?), scapo tereti 
subpedali glaucescente, spathá bivalvi acutá ebracteatá, pedunculis 4-6 in- 
sequalibus subsesquiuncialibus, perianthio subbiunciali miniato: tubi tertiá 
parte tenui sordida, sepalis ovatis, petalis basi angustatis (pedunculato-cor- 
datis) limbum circiter $ uncie longum staminibus semunciam stylo $ unc. 
superantibus, polline aureo. 
Var. 1. Lacunosa; tubo 6-costato angustiore mediá parte constricto, lacunis 
seepe externis intüs gibbosis subrotundis in spatiis interstamineis, foliis H 
uncie latis. Ex Quispicanchá prope urbem Cusco Peruvie. Fig. 1, 2, 
3, W. H. 
Var. Sulivanica ; tubo latiore non constricto neque lacunoso ; (colore satura- 
tiore?) Ex Americe meridionalis regione Occidentali loco incerto. W.H. 
** The first variety of this bright-coloured plant was found 
at Quispicancha, near Cusco in Peru, and sent to Spofforth 
under the name of Red Narcissus by J. B. Pentland, Esq. 
H. B. M.'s consul-general, together with several other bulbs, 
(some of which are apparently of the same genus) and seeds, 
amongst which were those of the splendid Erythrina, called 
Pisonai by the natives. , The genus Pentlandia is named in 
compliment to his exertions to introduce the vegetable pro- 
ductions of Peru into this country. Figs. 1, 2, 3, W. H. re- 
present a flower, the internal view of the same, and the leaf 
