Tas. 6209. 
BLANDFORDIA rramuna, var. princers. ia 
Native of New South Wales. 
Nat. Ord. LirrAceEa.—Tribe HEMEROCALLIDE. 
Genus BLANDFORDIA, Smith (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xi., p. 364). 
BLANDFoRDIA flammea, var. princeps ; foliis distichis anguste linearibus, venis 
exsculptis 6-8, marginibus distincte serrulatis, caule pedali foliis depauperatis 
bracteato, corymbo 4-10-floro, bracteis parvis lanceolatis, pedicellis ascen- 
dentibus 1-2 poll. longis, perianthio splendide coccineo 23 poll, longo 
regulariter infundibulari, segmentis luteis ovato-deltoideis imbricatis, fila- 
mentis declinatis infra medium tubi insertis, pistillo incluso, gynophoro 
clongato ovario triquetro equilongo, 
B, princeps, Hort, Bull; Floral Mag. N.S., tab. 170. 
Botanically not more than a variety of B. flammea, Bot. 
Mag., tab. 4819, from which it differs by its larger flowers, 
with the tube of the perianth narrowed gradually from the 
throat to the base, and passing so gradually into the pedicel 
that it is difficult to see, without cutting it open, where one 
stops and the other begins, and by its included pistil. For 
horticultural purposes it is a much finer plant, the bright 
crimson of the tube and pedicel forming a very effective con- 
trast with the bright yellow of the segments ; so that, size of 
flower and colouring both taken into account, it may safely 
be said to be for decorative purposes the finest of the known 
Blandfordias. It was introduced by Mr. William Bull from 
New South Wales, about 1873, and was exhibited by him at 
South Kensington in the summer of 1875. 
Descr. Root-fibres fleshy, cylindrical. Leaves about a 
dozen, distichous, stiff, suberect, a foot long, under a quarter 
of an inch broad, with six to eight strong ribs and a distinctly 
serrulate border. Scape a foot high, bracteated by several 
reduced leaves. Flowers four to ten in a corymb, on ascend- 
ing bright red pedicels one to two incheslong. Bracts small, 
lanceolate. Perianth pendulous, ° regularly funnel-shaped, 
expanded gradually from the base to a throat under an inch 
broad, the tube bright crimson on the outside, the yellow 
ovate-deltoid segments three-eighths to half an inch broad 
and deep. Stamens inserted below the middle of the tube 
JANUARY Ist, 1876. 
