Tas. 4971. 
EUCHARIS GranpirLora. 
Large-flowered Eucharis. 
Nat. Ord. AMaRYLLIpE# § PancratTie®.—HexanpRia MonoGyn 
Gen. Char. Eucuartis, Planch. et Lind.—Perianthii basis cum ovario con 
creta, tubo a basi leviter incurvo ,inferne angusto, superne sensim infundibuli- 
formi, limdi 6-partiti laciniis revoluto-expansis, exterioribus quam interioribus 
lanceolato-ellipticis angustioribus. Corona subcampanulata, perianthii fauci in- 
serta, ad tertiam partem 6-fida, divisuris latis apice subbilobo-truncatis, inter 
dentes obtusos staminiferis ; filamenti pars libera late subulata, recta. Anthere 
lineari-oblonge, supra basin bifidam dorso inserte, demum versatiles, biloculares, 
rima duplici longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus filiformis, exsertus ; stigma vix 
dilatatum, trilobulatum. Ovarium obtuse trilobum, triloculare; ovulis 2, ana- 
tropis, angulo interno horizontaliter superpositeque affixis. Capsula (immatura) 
alte triloba, lobis gibbosis, a latere compressiusculis, verosimiliter abortu mono- 
spermis (nunc ovulis pluribus, in loculo quoque 16-18).—Herba Novo-Grana- 
tensis, bulbosa, glaberrima, bulbo ovato-oblongo, squamis completis tunicato. Folium 
unicum, floribus coetaneum, longiuscule petiolatum, petiolo antice plano, lamina late 
elliptica, acuminata, basi in petiolum decurrente, costa medio subtus obtuse promi- 
nente, nervis utringue 10 et ultra, incurvis, basi apiceque conniventibus, invicem 
nervulis transversis connexis, pagina supera atro-viridi, infera pallidiore. Scapus 
2-pedalis, folio longior, superne compressiusculus, apice umbella 8-10-flora ornatus, 
spathis pluribus lineari-lanceolatis v. linearibus marcescentibus, pedicellis 8-18 lin. 
longis, floribus candidis (corona basi Iutescente), vix odoratis. Planch. et Lind. 
Eucnarts grandiflora ; foliis in stirpe florifera 2-4 cordato-ovatis medio canali- 
culatis, scapo 8—5-floro, perigonii laciniis exterioribus ovatis interioribus 
latioribus, ovarii loculis 16—18-spermis. 
Eucuaris grandiflora. Planch. et Lind. Flore des Serres, v. 9. p. 255. ¢. 957. 
From the collection of Messrs. Veitch and Son, King’s Road, 
Chelsea, where it bears the appellation of Lucharis Amazonica, a 
name we find nowhere recorded, and there can be no question 
of its being the #. grandiflora of Planch. and Linden, in the 
work above quoted, where however we find the specific character 
at variance with the figure, “ perigonii laciniis exterioribus ovato-— 
lanceolatis interiora latitudine excedentibus :” the reverse is the 
case, both in their figure and in our specimens. Those authors 
notice its affinity with their 2. candida of the same work, vol. ix. 
MARCH Ist, 1857. F: 
