202 BOMAREAS FROM NEW GRANADA AND ECUADOR. 



acarlatinge ; interiores aureffi violaceo maculatae; baccae pubescentes, 

 matui-Ee aureae." Andre ad viv. 



BoMAREA (SphcErine) podopetala, n. sp. — Stems 1-1^ ft. long, 

 slender, glabrous, suberect, with only a few adpressed rudimentary 

 leaves in the loAver half, closely leafy and fiexuose in the upper 

 half. Leaves 10-20, elliptical, with a short flattened resupinate 

 petiole, rigid in texture, deltoid at the tip and base, glaucous, 

 glabrous, the largest 2-2-| in. long, f-f in. broad, with 5-7 promi- 

 nent ribs on the under surface, with 2-4 faint ones between each. 

 Flowers 2, on slender flexuose ascending bracteolate peduncles 

 1^-2^ in. long. Sepals elliptical, obtuse, tinted scarlet, ^ in. long. 

 Petals f in. long, with a small obovate-cuneate crimson lamina and 

 a long narrow claw. Stamens reaching to the tip of the petals ; 

 anthers oblong, l-12th in. long. — Mountains of South Ecuador, at 

 3000 meties, Andre 4:611 his ! Nearest to the Peruvian S. breins, 

 Herb., in which the leaves are larger and narrower, and the petals 

 and sepals equal in length and quite different in shape. 



Bomarea {Sphccruie) polygonatoides, n. sp. — Stems suberect, 

 1^ ft. long, glabrous, almost leafless in the lower half, closely leafy 

 in the upper half, not at all flexuo;ie. Leaves about 15, elliptical, 

 with a short resupmate petiole, the largest 2^-3 in. long, f-1 in. 

 broad, cuspidate, quite glabrous, moderately firm in texture, green 

 on the upper side, glaucous beneath, Avith about 15 distinct ribs. 

 Flowers 2, on slender erect glabrous peduncles ^ in. long. Ovary 

 subglobose, green, glabrous, l-12th in. long. Flowers orange- 

 yellow outside, golden -yellow inside, not more than J in. long, the 

 petals and sepals both equal in length and oblong-spathulate. 

 Stamens reaching to the tip of the petals. — Mountains of Southern 

 Ecuador, at 3000 metres, Andre 4609 his! Habit of Polijgonatum 

 multifioruw . Nearest to the Peruvian S. dLstichophijUa, Herb. 



The following is a key to the known species of this section : — 



Leaves linear, l-li in. long. 1. B. linifolia. 2. B. minima. 



Leaves linear, 3-4 in. long. 3. B. phijUostachya. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong, 2-4 in. long. 



Umbels simple, few-flowered. 



Flowers very small. 4. B. pulijyonatuides. 



Flowers i-f in. long. 5. B. brevis. 6. B. pudopetala. 

 7. B. distichophylla. 8. B. secundifolia. 9. B. coccinea. 



Umbels simple, many-flowered. 10. B. nervosa. 



Umbels compound. 11. B. hispida. 12. B. anyustipetala. 



Subgenus Bomarea proper. 

 Group 1. — Umhels simple. Petals and sepals equal in Imf/th. 



Bomarea lancifolia, n. sp. — Stems wide-scandent, finely 

 pubescent, terete, ^ in. thick within a foot of the umbel. Leaves 

 distant, ascending, with a short resupinate petiole, lanceolate. 



