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bearded neck at the throat ; segments bright crimson, tinged with 

 green towards the tip and outside, narrowed gradually from near 

 the base to the acute point, the three upper twisted up, the three 

 lower close together. Stamens l-l-l in. longer than the segments; 

 filaments greenish ; anthers oblong, ^ in. long. Stigma small, 

 minutely 3-lobed. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia. Introduced into cultivation about 1840, but now 

 lost. Connects Sprekelia and Hippeastrum. 



25. H. PARDiNUM Dombrain in Floral Mag. t. 344. Amaryllis 

 pardina Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5645. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. 

 diara. ; neck short. Leaves 5-7, fully developed after the flowers, 

 lorate, bright green, finally 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to 1 in. near the base. Peduncle glaucous, subterete, 

 l"! ft. long. Umbel generally 2-flowered ; pedicels 1|— 2 in. long ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. long. Perianth-limb 4 in. long ; 

 tube funnel-shaped, under -| in. long, with a distinct incurved 

 greenish yellow fimbriated corona at the tin^oat ; segments oblong- 

 unguiculate, acute, 1-|— If in. broad above the middle, greenish, 

 more or less flushed and copiously minutely spotted with red, not 

 vittate, upper broader and lowest inner narrower than the others. 

 Stamens decHnate, a little- shorter than the segments ; anthers ^ in. 

 long. Style as long as the segments ; stigma faintly 3-lobed. 



Hab. Andes of Peru ; discovered by Pearce ; first flowered by Messrs. 

 Veitch in 1867. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in February, 

 1882, and a specimen received from M. Andre the same year. 



Subgenus Aschamia. 



26. H. Andreanum Baker in Gard. Chron. 1880, ii. 424.— Bulb 

 4-4| in. diam., copiously proliferous; tunics brownish grey; neck 

 short. Leaves lorate, developed after the flowers. Peduncle 12-15 in. 

 long, brownish violet, slightly 2-edged. Umbel 4-6-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves 2, rose-red, lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long; pedicels l-lf in. 

 long. Perianth-limb 4 in. long ; tube very short, not coronulate at 

 the throat ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, acute, -|-f in. broad 

 above the middle, pale red, with streaks of brighter red, not vittate 

 nor distinctly keeled. Stamens 1-1-| in. shorter than the limb. 

 Style longer than the stamens ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Central Cordilleras of New Granada, alt. 6000—8000 ft., on the 

 banks of one of the branches of the Eio Cauca. Discovered by M. Andr6 in 

 1876. 



27. H. Begins Herb. App. 31. H. regium Herb. Amaryllis 

 ReyincB L. ; Miller, Ic. t. 24 ; Bot. Mag. i. 453 ; Bed. Lil. t. 9 ; 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 24. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves fully 

 developed after the flowers, 2 ft. long, 1|- in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed gradually to ^ in. near the base. Peduncle 1-1-| ft. long. 

 Umbel 2-4-flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, equalling 

 the pedicels. Perianth-limb bright red, 4-5 in. long ; tube funnel- 

 shaped, \-h in. long ; throat with a large greenish white star ; 

 segments obovate, acute, 1-1:^ in. broad at the middle ; lowest 

 inner narrower. Stamens shorter than the limb ; anthers yellow, 

 ^-^ in. long. Style as long as the limb ; stigma faintly 3-lobed. 



