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Herhertiana Ker. Polia honariensis Tenore. — Corm small ; tunics 

 brown, membranous. Stems slender terete, 1-2 ft. long, bearing 

 few or several laxly corymbose terminal clusters. Leaves distantly 

 superposed, linear, plicate, the lower ^-1 ft. long. Spatbes cylin- 

 drical, I3— 1| in. long ; outer valves much shorter than the next. 

 Flowers fugitive, bright yellow or tinged lilac ; outer segments 

 obovate, 1-li in. long, with a brown keel and broad concave claw ; 

 inner less than half as long, narrow, very convolute. Filaments 

 half as long as the anthers. Style-branches each with 4 unequal 

 erect and 2 spreading cusps. Capsule clavate- oblong, |-| in. long, 



Hab. South Brazil, Uruguay, Buenos Ayres, and Argentine Eepublic. 

 Polia ramosa Klatt. is a many-headed variety with lilac flowers. 



2. C. GRACILIS Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 129. PoJia 

 gracilis Klatt. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Produced leaves 2-3, very narrow, plicate, the lower ^ ft. long. 

 Stem very slender, ^-1 ft. long, usually 1 -headed, Spathe cylin- 

 drical, 1^ in. long ; valves green ; outer short. Flowers very 

 fugitive, bright yellow or tinged lilac, 1^-2 in. diam. ; outer 

 segments obovate, ^ in. broad ; inner narrow and very convolute. 

 Style-branches bifid, each division with one erect and two spreading 

 spurs, 



Hab. Central Brazil, Mosen, 1048! Paraguay, Balansa, 536! Parana, 

 Tweedie ! Perhaps a mere variety of G. Herberti. See Flore des Serres, 1. 1056. 



8. C. PLUMBEA Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. xxiv. Misc 71. Phalocallis 

 plumbea Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 8710; Flore des Serres, t. 895 & 1466; 

 Klatt in Fl. Bras. iii. t. 66, fig. 1. — Corm large, globose; tunics 

 brown, membranous. Produced leaves lanceolate, very plicate, 1-2 ft. 

 long, with a long channelled iJetiole. Stem stout, terete, 2-4 ft. 

 long, bearing one or few terminal heads. Spatbes 1^-2 in. long ; 

 outer valves green, subequal, ventricose. Flowers very fugitive, 

 dull lilac ; outer segments broad obovate-cuneate, 1^-2 in. long ; 

 inner with a small obovate blade and long claw. Style-branches 

 bifid, each fork with one erect and two spreading spurs. Capsule 

 2 in, long, narrowed at the base into a distinct neck. 



Hab. South Brazil and Buenos Ayres, 



4. C. GiGANTEA Klatt, Ergauz. 80, — Corm ovoid ; tunics brown. 

 Leaves lanceolate, plicate, reaching a length of 3 ft. Stem 8 ft. 

 long, terete, simple, leafy, Spathe-valves green, ventricose ; outer 

 valve 1|- in,, inner If in. long. Perianth blue, with a yellow base; 

 outer segments obovate, 2 in. long, abbVe an inch bro^d ; inner 

 1| in. long, ^ in. broad. Style crests tricuspidate. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; province of Minas Geraes, Eegnell, 1215. 



5. C. PALUDOSA Klatt, Erganz. 31. — Leaves lanceolate - en siform, 

 the lower under a foot long, the upper gradually shorter. Stems 

 compressed, 2-3 ft. long, Spathe-valves ventricose, the outer an 

 inch, the next nearly 2 in. long. Flowers yellow, spotted with 

 purplish black ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, li in, long, 

 nearly an inch broad ; inner nearly an inch long, reflexed at the 

 tip. Style-crests tripartite. 



Hab, Central Brazil ; province of Minas Geraes, Eegnell, 1216. 



