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BoMAREA ACUTIFOLIA; var, punctata. SHarp- 
LEAVED Bomarea; speckled var. 
KKK KKK KK EEE EEE EK EEK 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Amarytupacez. Subord. Hypoxwwez. 
§. ALSTROZMERIFORMEs. ) 
Generic Character.—Vide supra N“” 3863. 
Specific Name and Character. 
BomMArEA acutifolia, vy. maculata ; umbellé 10- vel ultra-flora, 
involucri valvis angustis viridi-rubescentibus, pedun- 
culis 1—2-floris minuté bracteatis cum germine rubro- 
pubescentibus, pertanthio subequali subunciali sepalis 
obovatis s-unc. latis aurantiaco-coccineis viridi-apicu- 
latis intus lutescentibus, petalis spathulatis extus palli- 
dioribus intus saturaté punctatis marginibus inferne 
approximatis, jfilamentis levibus, antheris purpureo- 
virentibus, operculo et styli basi pubescentibus, semznt- 
bus saturate aurantiaco-coccineis. Ex Caraccas. W. H. 
This showy Bomarea was imported by T. Harris, Esq., 
of Kingsbury Grove, from Caraccas, and having been kindly 
sent by him to Spofforth, it flowered at the end of several 
shoots in the latter part of the summer of 1840, and per- 
fected its seeds in December. It is not to be distinguished 
as a species from the Mexican acutifolia, but 1s more con- 
Spicuous. W. H. 
Fig. 1. represents a Stamen before and after inversion. 2. A Petal. 
3. The inside, and 4. the outside, of a Sepal. 
Var. 1. Princeps; supra 1110. C. insularis, var, major, Gay in 
literd, cum planté ipso teste ex Corsicd, que proculdulio C. versi- 
color Ker ipsissimus est. Scapo brevi perianthii fauce —— 
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