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acuminate, 3-4 in. long, i-i in. broad three-quarters of tlie way 

 down, narrowed gradually from the middle to the long point, 

 moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 

 with close fine unequal ribs. Flowers 30-40 in a dense simple 

 umbel, with a few small lanceolate reduced leaves at its base ; 

 peduncles slender, ebracteolate, about an inch long, densely 

 glanduloso-pubescent. Perianth-limb "beautifully scarlet or 

 orange-yellow, with the segments golden-yellow at the edge"; 

 sepals oblong spathulate, |-| in. long; petals obovate-cuneate, 

 with a long claw. Stamens as long as the petals ; anthers 

 orbicular. — Slopes of Mount Corazon, Andes of Quito, 2800 metres, 

 and Canchacoto, western declivity of the Andes of Quito, 2000 

 meti-es, Andre 4110 his! Nearest B. angiistifolia , Benth., from 

 which it differs by its much shorter pubescent peduncles, broad 

 truncate petals, &c. 



BoMAREA Hartwegh, n. sp. — B. simplex, Benth. PI. Hartweg. 

 156, non Herb. — Stems suberect, 1^ ft. long, leafless in the lower 

 half or longer and subscandent, densely clothed with short coarse 

 brown hairs. Leaves subdistant, shortly petioled, oblong, firm in 

 texture, cuspidate, rounded at the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-1^ in. 

 broad, green and glabrous on the upper surface, densely pubescent 

 beneath, with 30-40 ribs connected by distinct cross-bars. Flowers 

 4-8 in a simple umbel, with 1-2 minute bracts at the base, on 

 densely pubescent slender peduncles 1-1|- in. long. Perianth-limb 

 scarlet, f in. long ; sepals oblong- spathulate ; petals as long as the 

 sepals, oblong-unguiculate. Stamens just exserted ; anthers 

 oblong-orbicular, l-12th in. long. — Andes of South Ecuador, alt. 

 8000 metres, Aiidre 4603 bis ! In habit this is intermediate between 

 SpJmri7ie and Bomarea proper. Herbert's B. simplex is a Peruvian 

 plant, gathered by Matthews (No. 786), with thin leaves, longer 

 bracteolate glabrous peduncles, and much larger flowers. 



B. platypetala, Benth. ; Kunth Enum. v. 804. — Mountains of 

 Central Ecuador, 3000 metres, Andre 4607 his! " Caules debiles; 

 flores extus rosei, apice laciniarum albido-virides, intus viri- 

 descentes." Probably identical with Herbert's B. uncifolia, Bot. 

 Reg. 1842, Misc. No. '88. 



Bomarea dissitifolia, n. sp. — Stems slender, glabrous, suberect, 

 1\ ft. long or longer, and slightly scandent. Leaves distant, 

 shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base, 

 2-3 in. long, under an inch broad, firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, with about 40 close veins without any 

 cross-bars. Flowers 6-8 in a simple umbel, with several small 

 bracts at the base ; peduncles slender, ebracteolate, densely 

 pubescent, 1-1-|- in. long. Perianth violet outside, red-orange 

 inside, f in. long ; sepals linear-oblong ; petals oblong, unguiculate, 

 not longer than the sepals. Stamens just exserted. — Tambo de 

 Savanilla, Andes of Ecuador, 2800 metres, Andre 4522 his ! Allied 

 to B. tomentosa, Herb. (Alstromeria tomentosa, Ruiz et Pavon Fl. 

 Peruv. t. 292 a), of which there is a type specimen at the British 

 Museum, and which I believe to be conspecific with B. densijiora, 

 Herb. Amaryll. t. 46, fig. 4. 



