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PLACEA ornata. 
Gay-flowered Placea. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDACER. 
PLACEA. Miers Trav. in Chili, 2.529. Absque char. 
Char. diff. Perigonium petaloideum, subdeclinatum, 6-partitum, laciniis pa- 
tenti-reflexis, zequalibus, 2 inferioribus laté divergentibus. Corona, e 
disco epigyno orta, 6-phylla, declinata; foliolis lineari-oblongis, extus 
carinatis, apice emarginatis. [Nobis é contrario sex-partita videtur, Jaci- 
niis basi in tubum junctis.] Stamina 6 (quorum 3 longiora) declinata, 
adscendentia. Ovarium inferum. Stylus declinatus. Stigma truncatum. 
Char, naturalis. Perigonium petaloideum, epigynum, subdeclinatum, 6-par- 
titum, tubo nullo, daciniis equalibus, lineari-oblongis spathulatis apice 
mucronatis, eequé expanso-reflexis, 2 inferioribus late divaricatis. Co- 
rona hexaphylla, valde declinata, foliolis suberectis, e disco epigyno ortis, 
lineari-spathulatis, extus carinatis, apice emarginatis. Stamina 6; fila- 
menta valdé declinata, summo adscendentia, 3 perianthio medio longitu- 
dine, 3 alterna pauld longiora. -Anthere obovate, imd emarginate, 
dorso gibbo versatiles. Ovarium inferum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare. Stylus 
simplex, declinatus, apice incurvus. Stigma gibboso-clavatum, obtusum, 
cavum. Capsula ignota.—— Planta Chilensis radice tunicata bulbosa ; 
Soliis binis radicalibus amplexicaulibus linearibus; scapo solitario foliis 
longiori: spathdé 2-valvi lineari sub 6-flora, pedicellis basi bracteatis. 
Meers in litt. 
P. ornata; Perianthium subcrassum, niveum, laciniis spathulato-oblongis, 
apice mucronatis, vittis 4 miniatis interné ornatis marginalibus semi- 
pinnatis. Corona nivea, apice punicea. Folia linearia nitida subtus 
obtusé carinata. Crescit in Montibus Cordillera de los Andes propé 
Aconcagua. Miers in litt. 
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We publish this plant for two reasons ; firstly, in the hope 
that the figures may lead to the introduction from Chili of so 
very pretty a bulb; secondly, because it is of all plants one of 
the least known to botanists. 
Up to the present time all that has been published about 
