Tab. 5442. 

 ALSTRCEMERIA Caldasii. 



Caldass Alstrcemeria. 



Nat. Ord. Amaryllidace^e. — Hexandria Moxogynia. 



Gen. Char. Perigonitjm corollinum, superum, sexpartitum, subcampanulatum, 

 regulare, v. subbilabiatum ; foliola, lateralis angustiora, duo basi subtubulosa. 

 Stamina 6, imo perigonio inserta; filamenta erecta v. declinata ; antherce oyales, 

 erectse. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovula in loculis pliuimis, horizontalia, 

 anatropa. Stylus nlifonnis, directione staminum ; stigma trifidum, lobis repli- 

 catis. Capsula oblonga v. globosa v. rarius baccata, indehiscens. Semina in 

 loculis plura, subglobosa, horizontalia; testa membranacea, rugosa ; rhaphe im- 

 raersa, umbilicum basilarem chalazee apicali tuberculiformi jungente. Embryo 

 axilis, albumine cartioso dimidio brevior, extremitate radiculari umbilicum attin- 

 gente.- — Herbs* in America tropica et australi extratropica indigent; radicibus 

 tubuloso-fascicnlatis ; caule folioso, erecto, scandente v. volubili ; rloribus lermi- 

 nalibus umbellatis. Endl. 



§ Bomarea, caule scandente v.' volubili ; capsula depresso-globosa. Endl. — Bomarea, 

 Mirb. Herbert. 



Alsteogmeria (Bomarea) Caldasii; caule flexuoso glabro, foliis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis tenui-acumiuatis obscure striatis subcarnosis, petiolis rubris, umbella 

 multiflora, floribus sesquiuncialibus aurantiacis, petalis lato-spathulatis ca- 

 lyce multo longioribus rubro-punctatis, ovario styloque pubescentibus. 



Alstrcemeria Caldasii. Humb. et Kth. Nov. Gen. Am. v. I. p. 283. Schult. 

 Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 750. 



Bomarea Caldasiana. Herb. Amaryl. p. 118. Kth. Enum. Plant, v. 5. p. 813. 



A mostly lovely Alstrcemeria (of the Bomarea group), lately 

 imported from the Quitinian Andes, where it was first discovered 

 by Humboldt and Bonpland. It will prove, I dare say, like 

 many other Alstrcemerias, sufficiently hardy to bear our winters, 

 that is, if the roots are planted deep in the ground to protect 

 them from the frost. Our specimens were received from Messrs. 

 Veitch, of the Chelsea Nursery, and the roots were procured by 

 their collector, Mr. Pearce. 



Mirbel first distinguished the genus Bomarea from Alstrce- 

 meria, and was followed by Herbert and Kunth, but on such 



may 1st, 1864. 



