Planch. & Linden, figured as E. amazonica at t. 4971 

 of this work, but differs in having a thicker neck to the 

 bulb and in the united basal part of the filaments being 

 entirely adnate to the perianth-tube, leaving only the 

 emarginate lobes free. The free portion of the filament 

 springs from the sinus of the lobes and is marked on the 

 outer side by a vertical yellowish-green line. The leaf in 

 its general outline resembles that of E. Sanderi, Baker, 

 figured at t. 6676 of this work, along with which it was, 

 on its first appearance in cultivation, accidentally intro- 

 duced. In E. Sanderi, however, there are fewer lateral 

 nerves and these are connected by much stronger trans- 

 verse veinlets. The fact that its affinities are so distinctly 

 with E. grand) flora and E. Sanderi has led Mr. Baker, in 

 a note accompanying his original description of E. Lowii, 

 to suggest that it may be a hybrid between these two 

 species. It thrives well under the cultural treatment 

 they require. It may be noted here that another plant 

 has been figured under Mr. Baker's name in the Journal 

 of Horticulture for 1894 at fig. 17, and that this figure 

 has been reproduced in the Bulletin of the Societa 

 Toscana d'Orticultura for the same year at t. 4. The 

 plant so figured has, however, leaves which are not 

 cordate but taper to the base, so that it is not the true 

 E. Lowii, 



Description. — Herb, perennial, bulb globose, neck 

 rather stout. Leaves ovate-cordate, shortly cuspidate, 

 quite glabrous, 9 in. long, 7 in. wide, lateral nerves 

 closely set, transverse connecting veinlets very fine ; 

 petiole 12 in. long. Peduncle 2 ft. high, 2-5-flowered ; 

 bracts membranous, wide-lanceolate, 1| in. long, ^ in. 

 wide ; pedicels stout, over * in. long. Perianth white ; 

 tube funnel-shaped, about 2} 2 in. long, the lower cylindric 

 portion J in. wide, the throat 1| in. across ; lobes elliptic, 

 subacute, slightly concave, 2 in. long, 1^ in. wide. 

 Stamina! tube adnate to the perianth, its lobes emarginate, 

 marked outside by a vertical greenish-yellow line ; free 

 portion of filaments § in. long. Ovary oblong, green, j in. 

 wide ; style much longer than the stamens. 



Figs. 1 and 2, anthers ; 3, stigma \—all enlarged. 



