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Eucharis—continued. | EUCOMIS. Flowers pedicellate, in a dense or 
= nee ae pieces Si. peneoth nite eee as tek et elongated raceme; perianth persistent, with six sub-equal, 
imb 3in. in diameter, the segments ovate, much imbricated ; af . ae . 
staminal cup striped green ; pedicels short ; umbel two-flowered ; — spreading segments ; stamens six; scape simple, leafless. 
scape less than lft. long. February. J. distinctly petiolate, | Leaves radical, oblong or elongated. Bulb tunicated, 
FiG, 28. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT OF ERYTHRINA VESPERTILIO, 
oblong, acute, 8in. to 10in. long, Jin. to Sin. broad. Bulb lsin. | often rather large. To the species described on pp. 
to 2in. in diameter. New Grenada, 1885. (B. M. 6831 A) 537-8, Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
E. Sanderi multiflora (many-flowered). jl. five or six, con- Se hiciny he 
siderably smaller than those of the type; stripes of the staminal E. pallidifiora (pale-flowered). /l., perianth 1}in. in diameter, 
cup green. New Grenada, 1885. (B. M. 68318.) the segments greenish-white, oblong, acute; raceme lft. long, 
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