Tas. 6831, 
oe EUCHARIS MAsTERsI. 
B. EUCHARIS SANDERI, var. MULTIPLORA. 
_ Natives of New Granada. 
_ Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE2.—Tribe AMARYLLEZ. 
Genus Evcnaris, Planch. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 731.) 
Evcuaris Mastersii ; bulbo globoso, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis viridibus glabris 
venis curvatis 15—-16-jugis, scapo gracili tereti, umbellis paucifloris, spathe 
valvis parvis lanceolatis, pedicellis brevissimis, ovario oblongo-trigono, perianthii 
tubo sursum infundibulare deorsum cylindrico, limbo patulo tubo duplo breviori, 
segmentis ovatis late imbricatis, cyathi striis luteo-viridulis margine libero 
angusto inter filamentos dentibus 2 deltoideis predito, antheris parvis yersa- 
tilibus, stylo staminibus eminente apice stigmatoso incrassato trilobato. - 
This new Hucharis, which at the request of the im- 
porters, Messrs. F. Sander and Co., of St. Albans, has 
been named after Dr. Masters, F.R.S., is intermediate 
between the two finest species already known, FH. grandiflora, 
Planch. et Lind. (Plate 4971) (amazonica, Hort.), and EL. 
Sanderit, Baker (Plate 6676). It has entirely the same 
habit and leaf, and the same large pure white perianth- 
limb, but is different from both of them in the staminal 
cup (often, but improperly, called a corona), of which the 
free portion in the present plant forms a narrow but united 
collar-like rim to the perianth-tube, with two deltoid teeth 
between the base of each filament. Our drawing was made 
from specimens sent by the importers, with whom it 
flowered in the month of February of the present year. 
Duscr. Bulb globose, one and a half or two inches in 
diameter. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, just 
like those of E. grandiflora and Sanderii in shape and 
texture, eight or ten inches long, four or five inches broad, 
bright green on the upper surface, pale green beneath, 
with fifteen or sixteen curved veins on each side between 
the midrib and margin. Scape slender, glaucous, terete, 
under a foot long. Umbel two-flowered in the specimen 
avuausT lst, 1885. 
