Tas. 8356. 
PHAEDRANASSA Carmio_t. 
Costa Rica. 
AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE. 
PuHaEDRANASSA, Herb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 732; Engl. & 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. vol. ii. pars v. p. 115. 
P. Carmioli, Baker in Saunders, Refug. Bot. t.46; Handb. Amaryl’. p. 108; 
P. chlorarrae, Herb., affinis, perianthii segmentis angustioribus tuboque 
tenuiore supra ovarium haud constricto differt. 
Herba; bulbus subglobosus, 5-7°5 cm. diametro, subito in collo brevi contractus, 
tunicis membranaceis brunneis vestitus. vlia 1-8, synanthia, oblance o- 
lata, obtusa, 35 em. longa, 55cm. lata, costata, glabra, glauca, membra- 
nacea; nervi utrinque circiter 20, tenues; petiolus 20 em. longus, supra 
canaliculatus, Scapus erectus, 60 cm. altus, teres; spathae 6, anguste 
lanceolatae, membranaceae ; umbella 5-10-flora; pedicelli graciles ad 
20 em. longi. Perianthiwm anguste infundibuliforme, 4 cm. longum, 
coccineum, supra viride luteo-marginatum; tubus 1 cm. longus; lobi 
oblanceolati, apice subobtusa incrsssati, parte inferiore membranaceo- 
marginati. Stamina prope apicem tubi affixa; filamenta paullo exserta; 
antherae ellipticae, 3 mm. longae, dorsifixae. Ovarium ellipticum, 1 em. 
longum, viride; stylus filiformis, stamina superans; stigma punctiforme. 
—C. H. Wricut. 
According to the arrangement adopted by Mr. Baker in 
the Handbook of the Amaryllideae the genus Phaedranassa 
includes four species from the Andes of Ecuador or 
Colombia, with a filth, the subject of our plate, which is 
a native of Costa Rica. One of the Andean species, 
P. chloracra, Herb. (sometimes written “ chloracea ”), is not 
uncommon in collections in a variety of forms which differ 
mainly as to the number, size and colour of their flowers. 
To some of these forms distinctive names have been given, 
and one of them has been figured at t. 5361 of this work 
as P. obtusa, Herb, ‘To this rather variable species 
P. Carmioli, here figured, is closely allied, The mem- 
branous margins of the perianth-lobes in our species overlap 
and, while not organically united, mutually adhere. On 
this account an appearance of having a long corolla tube 
with short perianth-lobes, in place of the short tube charac- 
teristic of all the Andean forms, is imparted to the Costa 
Rica plant, which was introduced to cultivation by Mr. 
Janvary, 1911. . 
