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(in U. S. Nat. Herb.). — A specimen from Mt. Orizaba, 3000 m., 

 Aug. 5, 1891, H. E. Seaton, no. 180, is probably a reduced form of this 

 species. — Flowers yellow according to Ghiesbreght's label. Difficult 

 to separate from & reflexa, except by purely habital characters. 



Var. formosa, n. var., foliis paucis (circa 4) caulis basin extremam 

 vaginantibus patulis caule duplo brevioribus late linearibus circa 1 cm. 

 latis summum 2 dm. longis, caule simplice, pedicellis gracilibus, flori- 

 bus magnis aureis, ceteris formae typicae. — Mexico : State of Chiapas, 

 near San Christobal, alt. 2100-2500 m., Sept. 18, 1895, Nelson, no. 

 3143 (in U. S. Nat. Herb. Sheet no. 233,087). — Flowers " rich yellow " 

 according to Nelson's note. 



6. E. reflexa (Cav.) Rose. Leaves rather closely sheathing the 

 base of the stem, broadly linear, 27-40 cm. long, 1.5-2.2 cm. wide, 

 acuminate, membranous, the cross-veinlets prominent ; stem about 7 dm. 

 tall, smooth, rather slender, bearing 2-3 foliaceous bracts, in the single 

 specimen seen with two branches ; pedicels jointed below the middle, 

 in fruit 1.4-1.7 cm. long; perianth-segments broad, 1.5 cm. in length ; 

 filaments strongly roughened, at least in the young flower shorter 

 than the anthers ; capsule (immature) oblong, 1 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. 



— Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. x. 93 (1906). Anthericum reflexum Cav. Ic. 

 PI. iii. 21, t. 241 (1795); Willd. Sp. PL ii. 140 (1799). Echeandia 

 temiflora Ort. Nov. PL Dec. 90, 135, & 136, t. 18 (1798) ; Redouts, 

 Lil. vi. t. 313 (1812); Kunth, Enum. iv. 627 (1843); Baker, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xv. 288 (1877), in part; Hemsl. Biol. Cent. -Am. Bot. iii. 

 376 (1885), in part. Phalangium reflexum Poir. Encycl. Meth. Bot. v. 

 249 (1804). Conanthera Echeandia Pers. Syn. i. 370 (1805) ; Link & 

 Otto, Ic. PL Ear. 5, t. 3 (1828). — Mexico : State of Morelos, ledges, 

 Sierra de Tepoxtlan, near Cuernavaca, alt. 2300 m., August 22, 1906, 

 Pringle, no. 10,289. — Although the form represented by Mr. Pringle's 

 plant here cited was the first of the genus to be collected, it seems not 

 to be common. His specimen is the only one I have seen which, in its 

 combination of broad leaves, few-branched stem, yellow, rather broad 

 perianth-segments, strongly roughened filaments and oblong capsules, 

 agrees well with Cavanilles's and Ortega's plates. 



7. E. paniculata Rose. Stem tall, with 6-7 panicled branches, 

 leafy above the base for about a third of its height, the leaves passing 

 gradually into 3-6 reduced bracts ; leaves membranous, with cross- 

 veinlets, linear, long-attenuate at apex, up to 5 dm. long, 1.5-3 cm. 

 wide; flowers rather large, yellow; perianth-segments 1.5 cm. long, 

 the outer oblong-linear, the inner ovate, 6 mm. wide; filaments cla- 

 vate, strongly roughened, about equalling the anthers ; capsule not seen. 



— Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. x. 93 (1906). — Mexico : State of Morelos, 



