fo Mam 6841; 
CALLIPSYCHE avraytraca, 
Native of the Andes of Ecuador. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE®.—Tribe AMARYLLER, 
Genus CattipsycuE, Herb. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. iii. p. 731.) 
CALLIPSYCHE aurantiaca; bulbo globoso tunicis brunneis membranaceis, foliis 
post anthesin productis ovatis acutis petiolatis glabris distincte costatis, 
pedunculo tereti subpedali, umbellis 6-8-floris, spathe valvis exterioribus 
lanceolatis parvis, pedicellis brevibus, floribus inodoris aurantiacis, ovario 
oblongo-trigono, perianthii infundibularis tubo brevi segmentis oblanceolatis 
flore expanso falcatis, staminibus declinatis longe exsertis antheris lineari- 
oblongis parvis, stylo longissimo declinato apice stigmatoso capitato, fructu 
eapsulari profunde trilobato. 
C. aurantiaca, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 167. 
This singular Amaryllidaceous plant possesses the leaf and 
general habit of a Hucharis in combination with bright 
_ yellow flowers in shape like those of a Hippiastrum, but with 
remarkably long drooping stamens and style. It was first 
described from specimens that flowered fifteen years ago at 
Reigate in the collection of the late Mr. Wilson Saunders, 
who procured it from M. Linden. Since then it has been 
flowered in England by Mr. William Bull and Sir Charles 
Strickland, and now again this year with Mr. F. Horsman 
at Colchester, from whose plant our drawing was made, 
the flowers in February, and the leaf in June. 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, an inch in diameter, with brown 
membranous tunics. Leaves not produced till after all the 
flowers fade, ovate, distinctly petioled, bright green, 
glabrous, with a distinct midrib and sixteen or eighteen pairs 
of curved vertical veins on each side of it. Pedunele sub- 
terete, green, hollow, a foot long. Flowers six or eight in 
an umbel, not scented, greenish in bud, bright yellow when 
expanded; outer bracts small, green, lanceolate; inner 
linear; pedicels half an inch or an inch long. Ovary 
oblong-trigonous, green, with numerous superposed hori- 
zontal ovules in each of the three cells. Perianth infun- 
dibuliform, two inches long, with a short tube above the 
oct. Ist, 1885. : 
