Tas. 6259. 
CALLIPHRURIA THarrwaeiana. 
Native of New Granada. 
Nat. Ord. AmMarRYLLTDACER.—Tribe PANcRATIER. 
Genus Cariipurvrta, Herbert, (Kunth. Enum. Pl. vol. v. p. 692). 
Cattrpnrurra Hartwegiana; bulbo ovoideo stolonifero, tunicis brunneis mem- 
branaceis, foliis oblongo-spathulatis acutis firmis glabris viridibus distincte 
petiolatis, caule tereti pedali, umbellis 6-8-floris, bracteis parvis linearibus 
membranaceis, pedicellis flore brevioribus, ovario globoso, perianthii albi 
tubo infundibulari segmentis oblongis equilongo, staminibus limbo bre- 
vioribus, stylo exserto apice stigmatoso distincte tricuspidato. 
C. Hartwegiana, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. no. 83; Kunth. Enum. Pl. 
vol. v. p. 692). 
This plant is still the only known species of the genus. Of 
familiar types it comes nearest Hucharis and Lurycles, but 
besides the technical distinction, which depends mainly on the 
stamens (which here are constructed on the same plan as im 
the section Porrum of the genus Allium, but all six quite 
uniform), our plant is constructed throughout upon a smaller 
scale, with firmer narrower leaves, and flowers not above an 
inch in diameter when expanded. It was discovered by 
Hartweg about 1842, amongst the mountains of the province 
of Bogota in New Granada, and has lately been imported by 
Mr. William Bull, from one of whose specimens the present 
figure was made in July, 1874. 
Desor., Bulb ovoid, an inch thick, copiously stoloniferous, 
with brown membranous tunics. eaves about four in a 
rosette, cotemporary with the flowers, oblong-spathulate, 
acute, firm and rather coriaceous in texture, bright green, 
glabrous, narrowed into a distinct petiole two to three inches 
long, which is flat on the face and rounded on the back. 
Scape terete, about a foot long; umbels 6-8-flowered ; bracts 
small, membranous, linear; pedicels one half to three fourths 
