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Hab. Valparaiso. Introduced into cultivation by Verschaffelt in 1867; 

 received from M. Jules Grisar, Belgian Consul at Valparaiso. 



3. P. Arz^ Philippi, Descr. Nuev. Plant. 1872, 65. — Bulb 

 2| in. diam. Leaves 2, linear, glaucous, under a foot long, ^ in. 

 broad. Peduncle li ft- long. Umbel 3-5 -flowered ; spathe-valves 

 purple, li in. long; pedicels slender, as long as the spathe. 

 Perianth-limb lf-2 in. long ; segments i in. broad, pale yellow, 

 tinged and conspicuously striped with claret-purple. Corona ^ in. 

 long ; segments quadrate, united in the lower half. Stamens half 

 as long as the limb. 



Hab. Chili; Province of Santiago, P/«72>j)/, Eeedl May be the same as 

 P. grandifiora. 



4. P. LUTEA PhiUppi in Linnaea, xxxii. 259. — Leaves 2, glaucous, 

 as long as the peduncle, ^ in. broad. Peduncle glaucous. Umbel 

 3-12-flowered. Perianth- segments bright yellow, veined with 

 purple at the base, above an inch long. Corona cup -shaped, with 

 6 ribs ending in small cusps. Low^er 3 stamens as long as the 

 perianth. Style longer than the stamens. 



Hab. Chili ; Mount Alto de Catemn, Province of Aconagua, Philippi. 



5. P. Germainii Philippi in Linnaea, xxix. 67. — Leaves unknown. 

 Peduncle li ft. long. Umbel 5-flowered ; pedicels 1^ in. long, a 

 httle exceeding the spathe-valves. Perianth 1-i— 1^- in. long; seg- 

 ments I in. broad, purple at the base, yellow upwards, with 

 purple dots. Corona one-fourth as long as the segments, 6-lobed. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth. 



Hab. ChiU ; Mount Campana de Quillota, Germain. 



Tribe 2. — Amarylle^ GENUiNiE. 

 5. Galanthus Limi. 



Perianth -tube none ; segments dimorphic ; outer oblong-spathu- 

 late; inner much shorter, obovate, emarginate, stiffly erect. Stamens 

 epigynous ; filaments very short ; anthers basitixed, lanceolate, 

 usually acuminate, hidden by the inner segments. Ovary globose, 

 3-cehed : ovules many in a cell, superposed ; style filiform, longer 

 than the stamens ; stigma capitate, minute. Fruit finally loculi- 

 cidally 3-valved. Seeds ellipsoid, strophiolate ; testa pale, thin. 

 — Rootstock a tunicated bulb, one tunic wrapped tightly round the 

 base of the stem and leaves. Leaves 2-3, lorate. Peduncle solid. 

 Flower solitary, cernuous ; spathe usually simple. 



Leaves simply channelled down the face. 



Vernal Sp. 1-4. 



Autumnal . . . . Sp. 5. 

 Edges of the leaf reduplicate . Sp. 6. 



1. G. NIVALIS Linn. Sp. PI. 413; Engl. Bot. t. 19 ; Eed. Lil. 

 t. 200. — Bulb globose, i-l in. diam. ; basal sheath truncate, 

 2-3 in. long, slit down one side. Leaves linear, glaucous, finally 

 6-9 in. long, l-^ in. broad, simply channelled down the face. 



