Tas. 4247. 
COLLANIA AnpDINAMARCANA. 
Andinamare Collania. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE®.—HeExanpria Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Caulis rigidus, erectus, apice curvatus. Folia rigida (?). Germen 
pendulum turbinatum, operculo ad basin styli tardius maxime amplificato. Peri- 
anthium sex-partitum, sepalis petalisque disparibus, sub-tubiforme inter se paribus; 
Jilamenta et stylus recti; anthere basi affixee; pericarpium parte majore opercu- 
losum (molle? pulpaceum? edule?). Herd. 
CoLLANIA Andinamarcana ; caule glabro folioso, foliis lanceolatis lato-lanceolatisve — 
glaucis subtus pallidioribus pubescentibus, racemis umbellatis terminalibus 
pendulis basi involucratis, pedicellis basi foliosis, perianthio subcylindraceo, 
sepalis oblongo-ellipticis petalis spathulatis brevioribus omnibus rectis, 
ovario hemispherico superne glanduloso, staminibus exsertis, stylo incluso. 
CouLanta Andinamarcana. Herb. Amaryll. p. 105. t. 8. f. 1-8. 
The original specimen of this beautiful plant was described by 
the Hon. and very Rev. Mr. Herbert, from a native sample in 
my Herbarium, gathered by Mr. Mathews on the lofty mountains 
of Andinamarca in Peru. Mr. Wm. Lobb collected seeds of this 
plant in Peru, and probably in the same or in a neighbouring 
locality, and these have succeeded so well as to produce the | 
noble flowering specimen here represented in April of the present 
year (1846). Respecting this genus, it will be seen that I adopt 
Mr. Herbert’s character, although the habit (climbing, not erect) 
is at variance with one of that gentleman’s generic distinctions, 
and the fruit is imperfectly known. ‘The present only differs 
from our native specimens in its more luxuriant growth, and, as 
& species, is remarkable for its leafy racemes. It was reared in 
a hot-bed, and then removed to a cool greenhouse. ‘The open 
border would, in all probability suit this species best im the 
summer. ao 
Descr. A tall straggling and, no doubt, on its native hills, a 
climbing plant, with rounded, glabrous, herbaceous stems, and 
alternate scattered Jeaves, three, four, or five inches long, lanceo- 
late or oblongo-lanceolate, twisted as in its allies, striated, glau- 
cous, paler and downy beneath. The decurved apex of the stem 
AUGUST Ist, 1846, 
