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14. N. Pearcei Baker. — Bulb globose, ^- in. diara., with dark 

 brown tunics produced above its neck. Root-leaf single, linear, 

 plicate. Stem 1-1^ ft. long, bearing 1-3 long-peduncled clusters 

 and 2-3 leaves, the lower elongated. Spathes 1-4 flowered, 

 1^-1^^ in. long ; outer valves subequal. Perianth blue, under an 

 inch long. Column of filaments as long as the anthers, each J in. 

 long. Style-branches overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Ancles of Peru ; Huanuco, alt. 10,000 ft., Pearce, 85 ! Very near N. 

 multijlora. 



15. N. MULTiFLORA Bentli. Gen. Plant, iii. G9G. Chlani.ijdosti/lis 

 muUiJiora Baker. Gelasine punctata Herb. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. 

 Basal leaf single, linear, plicate, 1-1^ ft. long. Stem 1-1 i ft. long, 

 simple or forked, bearing about 2 reduced leaves. Spathe 1^-2 in. 

 long, 3-6-flowered ; outer valve shorter. Perianth blue, under an 

 inch long ; segments subequal, obovate-cuneate. Column of fila- 

 ments longer than the anthers, which are ^ in. long. Style- 

 branches as long as the anthers. Capsule clavate, ^-^ in. long. 



Hab. Highlands of Central Mexico ; first gathered by Andrieux. 



16. N. PURRUCHUCANA Bentli. in herb. Kew. Gelasine purnichu- 

 cana Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3779. — Bulb small, globose. Root- 

 leaf single, linear, plicate, 1-1 i ft. long, ^-\ in. broad. Stem 1-1 i ft. 

 long, simple or deeply forked, bearing 1-2 long leaves. Spathes 

 1^-2 in. long, 4-6-flowered; valves broad, subequal, green, scariose 

 at the tip. Perianth blue-violet, an inch long ; segments obovate- 

 cuneate. Column very short ; anthers i in. long. Style-branches 

 subulate. Capsule turbinate-oblong. 



Hab. Peru; hills round Lima; first gathered by Mathews (No. 784). 



17. N. BRACTEOLATA Baker. ClihiwijdostijUs hractenlata Baker. 

 Beatonia hractcolata Klatt. — Bulb small, ovoid. Root-leaf single, 

 narrow linear, plicate, a foot or more long. Stem slender, 1^-2 ft. 

 long, bearing several peduncled heads and several reduced leaves. 

 Spathes 3-flowered, above an inch long ; valves green, lanceolate. 

 ♦'Perianth sulphur-yellow; segments subequal." Filaments mona- 

 delphous. Style-branches subulate. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia; Sorata, alt. 8000—9000 ft., Mandon, 1226 1 



24. DiPLARRHENA LahUl. 



Perianth without any tube above the ovary ; outer segments 

 obovate-cuneate, with a reflexing blade, the upper one rather 

 larger and more concave than the two lower ; inner segments much 

 smaller, connivent. Stamens inserted at the base of the segments, 

 2 perfect, with short filaments and basifixed anthers, the upper one 

 sterile. Ocary clavate, 3-celied ; ovules many superposed ; style 

 short, filiform; style-branches dilated, emarginate. Capsule oblong, 

 acutely triquetrous. Seeds moderately large, uniserial, angled by 

 pressure. 



1. D. MoR^A LalDill. Voy. i. 157, t. 15. Moraa diandra Valil. 

 — Rootstock a short rhizome. Leaves 6-8 in a tuft, rigid, linear, 

 equitant, 1-1 ? ft. long, i-^ in. broad. Stems H-2 ft. long, with 



