Tab. 5531. 

 ALSTRCEMERIA densiflora. 



Dense-flowered Alstrcemeria. 



Nat. Ord. Amaryllidace.e. — Hexandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. (Vide mpra, Tab. 5442.) 



§ Bomarea,^ cawfe scandente v. volubili ; capsula depresso-globosa. Endl. — 

 Bomarea, Mirb., Herbert. 



Alstrcemeria (Bomarea) densiflora ; caule volubili glabro, foliis ovatis breviter 

 acuminatis subtus pubescentibus umbella multiflora densa, pedicellis pubes- 

 centibus raro bracteatis, floribus uncialibus puniceis, petalis lato-spatbulatis 

 calyci sequilongis nigro-punctatis, ovario styloque pubescentibus. 



Bomarea densiflora. Herb. Amaryll. p. 399. t. 46./. 4. Kik. Enum. Plant, v. 

 5. p. 810. 



This richly-coloured Alstrcemeria (of the Bomarea group) was 

 originally described by Mr. Herbert, from specimens gathered 

 by Mathews in the vicinity of Chachapoyas, in Peru, and distri- 

 buted with the number 1667. It was also found by Mr. Spruce 

 in the mountains of Pallatanga, in the Andes of Ecuador, at an 

 elevation of from six thousand to eleven thousand feet ; and in 

 No. 5545 of his dried specimens he describes it as a slender 

 twining herb of about eight feet, with scarlet flowers, which it is 

 evident are frequently more than twice as numerous in the umbel 

 as they were in the specimen here figured. This was received 

 from Messrs. Veitch, who imported it from Peru through their 

 South American collector, Mr. Pearce. 



Pig. 1. Flower witb perianth removed, showing ovary, style, and stigma. 

 2. Petal: — magnified. 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1865. 



