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PENTLANDIA miniata, var. 2. Sulivanica. 

 Med'lead-coloured Pe?itlandia, Commodore Sulivans variety. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^, § Oporanthiformes, scapo solido, tubo non 

 coronato, seminibus testaceis. 



PENTLANDIA. Herbert. Perianthium cernuum tubo infra subcylinclrico 

 tenui curvatulo superne ventricos^ ovali limbo brevi reflex^ semipatente regulari, 

 filamenta recta subsequalia filiformia tubi regionis ventricosaj medio inseparabiliter 

 inserta, stylus rectus tenuis stigmate incrassato, antherse medio affixse versatiles. 

 Plantcc AndincB bidho ovato superne angustato, foUis hysteranthiis maryine in 

 oriundo rejlexk. compresso serius explicato lanceolate angusto-ovalihv.s petiolo 

 crasso, germiae curvatulo trigone oblongo utrinque attenuato fronte declivi. 

 W.H. 



P. miniata ; umbella 4-6-flora, folio attenuate subacuto (unico ?), scapo tereti 

 subpedali glaucescente, spatha bivalvi acuta ebracteata, pedunculis 4-6 in- 

 sequalibus subsesquiuncialibus, perianthio subbiunciali miniato : tubi tertia 

 parte tenui sordida, sepalis ovatis, petalis basi angustatis (pedunculato-cor- 

 datis) limbum circiter |^ unciae longum staminibus semunciam stylo ^ unc. 

 superantibus, polline aureo. 



Var. 1 . Lacunosa ; tubo 6-costato angustiore media parte constricto, lacunis 

 sfsepe externis intus gibbosis subrotundis in spatiis interstamineis, foliis is 

 imciffi latis. Ex Quispicancha prope urbem Cusco Peruvise. Fig. 1,2, 

 3, W.H. 



Var. Sulivanica ,• tubo latiore non constricto neque lacunoso ; (colore satura- 

 tiore?) Ex Americae meridionalis re^ione Occidentali loco incerto. W.H. 



" The first variety of this bright-coloured phmt was found 

 at Quispicancha, near Cusco in Peru, and sent to Spofforth 

 under the name of Red Narcissus by J. B. Pentland, Esq. 

 H. B. M.'s consul-general, together with several other bulbs, 

 (^some of which are apparently of the same genus) and seeds, 

 amongst which were those of the splendid Erythrina, called 

 Pisonai by the natives. The genus Pentlandia is named in 

 compliment to his exertions to introduce the vegetable pro- 

 ductions of Peru into this country. Figs. 1,2, 3, W. H. re- 

 present a flower, the internal view of the same, and the leaf 



