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6. C. PERUVIANA Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6213. Hesperoxipluon 

 peruviamiiii Baker. — Corm ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; tunics rigid, brown. 

 Produced leaves 2-3, lanceolate, distantly superposed, very plicate. 

 Stems terete, above a foot long, bearing 1-2 clusters. Spatlies 

 1^-11 in. long; valves green, subequal, ventricose. Perianth 

 fugitive, bright yellow ; outer segLaents broad-obovate-cuneate, 

 1^ in. long, the claw much spotted with red-brown ; inner with a 

 broad deflexed yellow blade, pilose centre, and concave cuneate 

 claw. Style-crests 2, fiat, petaloid, with a small intermediate 

 tooth. Ovary clavate. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. Described from a plant flowered by Messrs. Veitch 

 in July, 1874. The same or a near ally was gathered long ago by Pentland, and 

 more lately by Mandon (12'23) on the high Andes of Bolivia. 



7. C. LINEARIS Baker. Moraa linearis H. B. K. Jjarcntia and 

 AlopJtia linearis Khitt. — Corm ovoid, ^ in. diam. ; tunics mem- 

 branous, dark brown. Produced basal leaves 1-3, linear-subulate, 

 as long as the stem. Stem wiry, slender, terete, ^-1 ft. long, 1-3- 

 headed, with a short linear leaf from the base of each peduncle. 

 Spathes cyhndrical, f-1 in. long; outer valve shorter than the 

 next. Perianth very fugitive, blue ; outer segments obovate- 

 unguiculate, ^-f in. long, with a yellow spot in the centre ; inner 

 much shorter, with a narrow claw, and small reflexed limb. Style- 

 crests 2, lanceolate, petaloid, with a tooth outside at the base. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Fimcke ! Otto, 996 ! Ernst 1 



8. C. pusiLLA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 690. Ferraria prcsillti 

 Link, Klotzsch & Otto, Ic. t. 59. Polia pusilla Klatt. Hespero- 

 xipldon piisillum Baker. — Whole plant 4-6 in. high. Corm ovoid, 

 f in. diam. ; tunics brown. Produced leaves linear, basal, plicate, 

 3-4 in. long. Stem slender, terete, 1-headed. Spathe cylindrical, 

 under an inch long. Perianth fugitive, pale yellow ; outer segments 

 under an inch long, with an oblong blade exceeding the cuneate 

 claw ; inner much shorter, very convolute. Style-crests 3, linear, 

 the central one minute. 



Hab. Porto Alegre, South Brazil. Sent to the Berlin garden by Sello in 

 1826. 



6. Trimezia [Salisb.) Herb. {Lansboyia De Vriese). 



Pcrianth-tuhe none ; segments of the two rows very dissimilar ; 

 outer obovate, with a broad concave claw ; inner much smaller, 

 convolute, with a small dellexed blade. StiDnens short, erect ; 

 filaments free. Ovarij clavate, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; 

 style subulate at the base, the three branches ending in small 

 tubercles or cusps that overtop the small horizontal stigmas. 

 Cajisule oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, brown, angled 

 by pressure. — Allied to Cijpella, from which it differs by its non- 

 plicate leaves and small style-crests. 



Leaves flat, linear . . . Sp. 1-3. 

 Leaves terete .... Sp. 4. 



