AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Alstroemeria.) 779 



rilihus inferioraquc in f<*r< ilibns late obovalo-spathulala, sub- 

 membranacoa, pcliultim vorsus torta, striala, glauccsceutia, mar- 

 ginc ciliala: supcriora in fortilibus lanceolala, magis niinusve 

 couvoluta torta(|iic. Umbclla subsexradiata ; radiis billoris. Flo- 

 res inagni. Podicelli subj>ollicarcs, glabri, subglattci; bractea 

 foliacca, lala, torla, uiulc iuvolucriiin sub umbclla. Perigonii 

 foliola 4 extcriora suhacqualia, obovato-spathulata, basi erecta, 

 apice paloulia ibiqne inargiuc scrrata, apiculo calloso, lactc 

 coccinea ; duo intcriora duplo 1'cre longiora, erecta, liucaria, in- 

 tcgerrima, splcndido flavo-coccinea, apice punctis cocciucis in- 

 tcnsiorihtis punclato - slriata. Filamenta reccptaculo (vcrtici 

 ovarii) inscrla. priinum crccta, pallide purpurea, demum decli- 

 nata, apicibus incurvis. Antberae oblongao, purpiirascentes ; 

 polliue flavicante. Ovarium stihtri^onum, lineis 6 prominenti- 

 bus. Columna stviina subulata , tililormis , staminibus lougior, 

 basi triangulari alba, superne purpiirascens. Stigmata 3, linea- 

 ria. Hooli. verb. miit. Planta valde variabilis. In Horto reg. 

 Bcrolinciisi lormae variac sub noinine A. cbilcnsis coluntur, 

 descriptio duarum sequitur: 1) Caulis erectus, tcrcs, folialus, 

 glaber. Folia sparsa, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata, acula, slrialo- 

 multinervia, glahra, subtilissime denticulata (basibus ciliorum 

 delapsorum), 2-2|-pollic, 2-2^ lin. lata. Umbella termiualis, 

 4-radiata, involucrata ; radiis (pcdunculis auct.) superne race- 

 moso-trilloris (cincinnis hclicoideis), elongatis, glabris, 3-3j-pol- 

 licaribus; foliolis involncri 5, foliis siiuillimis. Flores pedicellati, 

 erecli, bipollicares et lougioros ; pediccllis basi bracteatis, 1-1 j 

 poll. lougis, glabris. (Ilucusfjue ad siccum.) Pcrigonium supe- 

 rum, 6-phyHuin, iufundibulare, deciduum ; foliola distincta; se- 

 palina oblonga, acutitiscula, infcrne angustalo-unguiculala ibiquc 

 canaliculata (ungue longitudiiic laminae), superne inarginc cre- 

 uulata, tlabellato-nervosa, ocliroleuco-isabeUina, apiccm versus 

 partim recurvata ibique dorso viridi-fusca ; supirius (impar) la- 

 teralibus paulo mintis. Foliola pctalina inaequalia; inferitis 

 (impar) sepalinis simile, sed apicem versus angustius et infernc 

 augustalum, ncc tamcn unguiculatum (quasi spathulato-lanceo- 

 lattim), subintegerriinuin, sepalina lateralia paulo superans; duo 

 superiora sepalinis itein paulo lougiora, late lanceolala, angustato- 

 stibacuminata, infcrne angustato-unguiculata , complicato-canali- 

 culala. margine suhlilissimc puborula intusqiie ncclarillua : la- 

 mina obsolete et remote crenulata, subplicata, canaliculalo-re- 

 curvata, Ilavida et rubro-flabollato-lineolata. Stamina 6, epigyna,. 

 distincta, tubuloso-conligua, rccta et erecta, apice uncinato-ad- 

 scendentia, perigonio brcviora. Filamcuta filiformia, teretiuscula, 

 apiccm versus rosea; allerna breviora ?. Antherae late lineares, 

 apieato-acutae, hasi rotundata pro receptione filamcnti perfora- 

 tae, erectae, levitcr rccurvatae, olivaceae, antice sulco profundu 

 nolatae, postice planiusculac, utroque latere per sulcum longitu- 

 diualcm dohiscentcs ; apcrtae complanatae, oblongae. Ovarium 



