BOMAREA 



THE BULB BOOK 



BONGARDIA 



pencilled with red (GarcL Chron. 1905, 

 xxxvii. 350). 



There are several varieties, such as 

 chontcdensis, with pale yellowish- 

 green inner segments {]}ot. Ma<j. t. 

 5927) ; ovata, with broader leaves and 

 larger flowers (JJot. Mag. t. 2846); 

 and cnynuta, which has the outer 



Fig. 72.—Bomarea Carderi. (},.) 



floral segments furnished with a 

 distinct spur at the apex. There are 

 many other forms which Mr Baker in 

 his Handbook of the Amari/llidece says 

 he cannot distinguish specifically. 



B. frondea.— This is closely related 

 to JJ. Caldasiana, and is found at 

 altitudes of 8000 to ] 0,000 ft. on the 

 Andes of Colombia. The leaves are 

 4 to 5 ins. long, and the flowers, borne 

 in dense umbels, are reddish-brown, 

 with bright yellow, heavily spotted 

 inner segments. {(Jard. Chron. xvii. 

 n.s. 699, f.) 



B. Kalbreyeri. — This also comes 

 from the Andes of Colombia (9000 to 

 10,000 ft.), and is close to Ji. Calda- 

 siawx. The llowers are reddish- 

 brown outside, the inner segments 



being bright yellow, spotted with 

 claret-brown. (7iVy. Ilort. 1883, 51 G, f.) 



B. oligantha. — A native of the 

 Peruvian Andes, having flowers dull 

 red outside, the inner segments bright 

 yellow, spotted with claret-brown. 

 {Gard. Chron. "[Sll, ii. 648). 



B. patacocensis {Ji. conferta). — A 

 native of the Andes of Ecuador and 

 Colombia, with huge clusters of bright 

 red flowers, the inner segments having 

 a yellow keel and a few spots {Iht. 

 Mag., t. 6692; Card. Chron. 1882, 

 186, f. 31). 



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Fi'!. 73.— Bomana patococcnsis. (,\.) 



B. Shuttleworthi. — A fine si)ecies 

 from the Andes of Colombia, with 

 oljlong acute leaves 5 to 6 ins. long, 

 and flowers red outside, yellow tinged 

 with green within, and copiously 

 spotted with red brown ((/a?-(/. Chron. 

 1882, i. 76, 77, 85). 



B. vltellina. — A Colombian species 

 with ovate oblong leaves 3 to 4 ins. 

 long, and bright orange-yellow flowers. 



BONGARDlA(af ter Jleinrich Gustav 

 Jiougard, a (lerman botanist). Nat. 

 Ord. Berberidcaj. — The only species, 



