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pubescent towards the top. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, acute, 

 rounded at the base, 2-3 in. long, 9-15 lines broad, firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous on the upper surface, densely xDilose beneath, 

 with 15-20 veins on each side of the midrib. Flowers 12-15 in a 

 dense simple umbel, with several small lanceolate bracts at the 

 base ; peduncles ebracteolate, densely pubescent, f-l^ in. long. 

 Sepals red, oblong- spathulate, f-f in. long. Petals 1^ in. longer 

 than the sepals, obovate-cuneate, with a long claw, reddish yellow, 

 ^ in. broad at the tip. Stamens as long as the petals. — Near the 

 town of Tuquerres, Andes of Pasto, New Granada, Andre 3621 bis! 

 At the foot of Guadalupe Mountain, near Bogota, 2900 metres, 

 Andre 1251 ! Cliico, New Granada, at 10,000 ft., Kalbreyer, 2001 ! 

 A near ally of the well-known B. Caldasiana, Herb. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 5442). 



B. conferta, Benth. ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 186, with 

 figure. — B. patacuensis, Herb. — Near the town of Popayan, in the 

 Valley of the Cauca, New Granada, 1800 metres, Andre 3016 bis! 

 " Flores l^te coccinei." Foot of Mount Corazon, Andes of Quito, 

 2500 metres, Ayidre 3645 ! " Caules et folia superiora (floralia) 

 atro-violacege. Perigonii laciniae exteriores aurautiacese ; interiores 

 luteae, maculis atro-violaceis punctata " ; and a similar plant with 

 peduncles not more than an inch long (var. brachypoda), which will 

 very likely prove a distinct species, from the Boqueron of Quindio, 

 in the Central Cordillera of the Andes of New Granada, at 3580 

 metres, Andre 1451 bis ! and Palmillo, on the eastern declivity of 

 Mount Quindro, at 1960 metres, Andre 2026 bis.'-'' This last form 

 we have already at Kew, from Bogota, HolUm 145 ! and I understand 

 from Dr. Masters it has lately been brought into cultivation by 

 Messrs. Shuttle worth and Carder. 



BoMAREA Andreana, u. sp. — Stems wide-scandent, slender, 

 terete, pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, 

 acute, rounded at the base, 3-5 in. long, |-1 in. broad, moderately 

 firm in texture, green and glabrous on the upper surface, finely 

 pilose beneath, closely ribbed. Flowers 10-15 in a simple umbel, 

 with several small lanceolate leaves at the base ; pedicels 1|~2 in. 

 long, pubescent, sometimes bracteolate. Flowers yellow or tinged 

 red; sepals oblong- spathulate, 1:^ in. long; petals obovate, with 

 a long claw, 1^ in. long. Stamens reaching to the tip of the petals. 

 — Banks of the Rio Piendamo and Rio Palace, near Popayan, New 

 Granada, 1900 metres, A^idre 2756 ! Guaduas, near Bogota, on 

 the western declivity of the Eastern Andes of New Granada, Andre 

 674 ! San Jose, Province of Antioquia, 7000-8000 ft., Kalbreyer 

 1502 ! This fine novelty comes in between B. Caldasiana, conferta, 

 and liitea. 



B. Intea, Herb. — La Ceja del Quindio, in the Central Cordillera 

 of New Granada, 3000 metres, Andre 2181! "Flores extus 

 purpureo-aurantiaci. Laciniae perigonii interiores aureae violaceo 

 punctatae. Species pulcherrima." 



* Since the above was written this has been described and figui-ed by 

 Dr. Masters in Gard. Chron., 1882, vol. i., p. 668, tig. 102, under the name of 

 Bomarea frondea. 



