204 BOMAREAS FROM NEW GRANADA AND ECUADOR. 



BoMAREA PACHYPHLEBiA, 11. s^D. — Stems slendei', wide-scandent, 

 glabrous, flexuose. Leaves subdistant, shortly petioled, oblong- 

 laiiceolate, acimiinate, 2-2-|- in. long, ^-f in. broad, firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous on the face, paler and obscurely pilose below, 

 with about 40 thick veins which fill up the whole surface. Flowers 

 6-8 in a simple umbel, with a few small lanceolate refiexing bracts 

 at the base ; peduncles ebracteolate, densely glandular-pubescent, 

 under an inch long. Perianth-limb scarlet outside, orange-yellow 

 within, -f in. long ; sepals oblong-spathulate ; petals obovate- 

 cuneate, with a claw as long as the lamina. Stamens as long as 

 the petals. — Mountains of Southern Ecuador, 3000 metres, Andre 

 4601 bis ! Closely allied to the last species. 



B. oligaittha, Baker in Gard. Cliron. 1877, ii., 648. — Dolores in 

 the Valley of the Cauca, New Granada, 1820 metres, Andre. Closely 

 allied to B. Caldasiana, from which it differs by the petals being 

 scarcely longer than the sepals. 



BoMAREA LONGiPEs, u. sp. — Stcms Very long, slender, terete, 

 glabrous, wide-scandent. Leaves with a channelled petiole about 

 ■I in. long; blade ovate-oblong, acuminate, broadly rounded at the 

 base, 4-5 in. long, 18-21 lines broad, firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous above, with about 50 unequal densely pilose raised ribs 

 below. Flowers 7-8 in an umbel bracteated by several unequal 

 reduced leaves at the base ; peduncles 5-6 in. long, obscurely 

 glandular-pubescent, with a single rudimentary bracteole below the 

 middle. Perianth-limb violet outside, orange-yellow inside ; sepals 

 oblong-spathulate, 1:^ in. long; petals oblong-unguiculate, with 

 red-brown blotches on the face. Stamens as long as the petals; 

 anthers oblong, ^ in. long. — Cruz Grande, Andes of Southern 

 Ecuador, 2800 metres, Andre 4614 ! Of iDublished species this is 

 nearest B. angulata, Benth., fi-om which it differs by its lax umbels, 

 long peduncles and petioles, and leaves densely pilose beneath. 



BoMAREA GONiocAULON, n. s^. — Stcms widc-scaudcnt, acutely 

 angled. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate, very acuminate, 4-6 

 in. long, ^— I" in. broad near the base, moderately firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces, closely finely veined. Flowers 

 30 or more in a simple umbel, with a dense cluster of large and 

 smaller leaves at the base; peduncles 2-3 in. long, ebracteolate, 

 glabrous. Perianth-limb lf-2 in. long; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, rose-red at the base, greenish upwards ; petals not longer 

 than the sepals, oblong-unguiculate, with a claw as long as the 

 blade, greenish, maculate with violet on the face. Stamens not 

 protruded. — Foot of Mount Corazon, Andes of Quito, 2500 metres, 

 Andre 3646 ! Allied to B. muHipes, Benth. 



Group 2. — Umbels simple. Petals longer than the sepals. 



B. Caldasiana, Herb. — Rio Piendamo, in the Cauca Valley, 

 New Granada, 1350 metres, Andre 2749 ! Ilarra, at the foot of 

 Mount Imbabura, Ecuador, 2245 metres, Andre 3327 bis ! Gua- 

 randa, on the western declivity of Chimborazo, 2660 metres, 

 A}idre 3991 ! 



BoMAREA Kalbreyeri, n. sp. — stems slender, wide-scandent, 



