760 AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Alstroemeria.) 



in caulibus sterilibus oblongo-spaihulata, rosaceo-congesta Hook.), 

 obtusa, inferne angustata ct torta, ideo resupinaia, striato-plu- 

 rinervia, nervis primariis costaque media subtus prominulis, her- 

 baceo-incmbranacea, integerrima, glabra, satiate viridia, nitidula, 

 subtus vix pallidiora, 1| poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Flores in apice 

 caulis 7-8, unibellato-congcsti, foliis circiter 10 valdc inaequali- 

 bus, pedunculos magis minusve superantibus involucrati, subbi- 

 pollicares ; pedunculi 6-9 lin. longi, argute sexangulares, viridcs. 

 glabri, apice leviter geniculati. Perigonium superum, hexaphyl- 

 lum (ringens Lindl.), rectiusculum, glabrum, inferne sanguineo- 

 roseum, supernc pallide viride, intus ab apice ad basim lineolis 

 violaceo-nigris parum ohliquis cxtus translucentibus pictum; fo- 

 liola distincta, tubuloso-iufundibulari-couniventia, spathulata, fla- 

 bellato-nervosa, nervis 3-5 primariis usque ad basim carinato- 

 prominentihus, apicem versus obtuse denticulaia; sepalina latc 

 spathulata, acuta, inferne longe angustato-unguiculata, complicato- 

 canaliculata ibiquc subtilissime ciliolata, conformia, sed inaequi- 

 longa ; latcralia 18-19 lin. longa ; superius 22-23 lin. longum. 

 summo apicc subcucullato ; foliola petalina angustius spathulata, 

 apicc subacuminata, parum undulata et intus glanduloso-pube- 

 rula, inferne longe angustato-ungiiiculata, complicato-canaliculata 

 et margine glanduloso-villosulo-ciliolata, 21 lin. longa, idco se- 

 palinis lateralibus paulo longiora, eorum superiore paulo bre- 

 viora ; inferius omnium minus, 16 lin. longum, lateralibus simile, 

 sed late unguiculatum , ungue planiusculo. Stamina 6, vcrtici 

 ovarii immediaic k antc foliola perigonii inserta, distincta, gradatim 

 valde inaequalia, petalina longiora et seriora, foliolum pctalinum 

 infcrius subaequantia. Filamenta arctc contigua, erecta, iiliformia, 

 teretiuscula, pallidc rosea, glabra. Anthcrae oblongae, parum 

 complanatae, obtusae, basi emarginata perforata affixae, erectae, 

 leviter recurvatae, laeves, glabrae, virides, opacae, utroque la- 

 tere ad sulcum profundum longitudiualem dchiscentes , 3 lin. 

 longae; petalinae seriores. Ovarium inferum, turbinato-subglo- 

 bosum, sexangulare, angulis membranaceis, nervos medios fo- 

 liolorum pcrigonii continuantibus, viridc, tubcrculis minutissimis 

 glandulosis obsitum, vix 3 lin. longum, pcdunculum continuans, 

 triloculare, apice truncatum, vertice libero medio triquetro-py- 

 ramidatum; loculi foliolis sepalinis oppositi, sub-5-ovulati ; ovula 

 angulo interno immediate affixa, biseriata, adscendentia, clavato- 

 oblonga, hyalino-albida, anatropa. Columna stylina filiformis, 

 triangularis, suberecta, rosca , glabra, staminibus longioribus 

 brevior, demum supra basim articulata. Stigmata 3, linearia, 

 intus canaliculata ct papillosa, conniventia, dcmum recurvata?. 

 Capsulac (immaturae) crcctae, subglobosae, 6-costatae (hexapte- 

 rae), costis acutangulis, apicc incrassatis. basi in pcdunculiim dc- 

 currcntibus, vertice amplo, abbreviato- pyramidato, triangulari, 

 margine tumidulo (e basi perigonii decidui enato) cincto, virides, 

 nitidulae, glabrae, faciebus interangularibus convexiusculis, trilo- 



