r.ucRosiA. 105 



Tribe 3. — Pancratie^. 

 34. EucRosiA Ker. 



Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube short, campanulate ; segments 

 equal, oblanceolate. Stamens much exserted, declinate, inserted at 

 the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, irregularly 

 united and callose internally at the base; anthers oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules numerous ; style filiform, declinate ; 

 stigma punctiform. Capside deeply 3-lobed. Seeds many, angled 

 by pressure. — Differs from Callipsijche only by its filaments connate 

 towards the base. 



1. E. BicoLOR Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 207 ; Hook. Exot. Flora, 

 t. 209 ; Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2490. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; 

 tunics brown, membranous. Leaves several, petioled, contemporary 

 with the flowers ; blade thin, lanceolate, -| ft. long, 1-2 in. broad. 

 Peduncle very slender, a foot long. Flowers about 4 in an umbel ; 

 pedicels i~l^ in. long ; spathe-valves about 4, linear. Perianth- 

 limb an inch long ; tube ^ in. long and broad ; segments ^ in. 

 broad, reddish yellow, with a laxly 3-5-nerved green keel. Stamens 

 much exserted, and style still longer. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson 1 Seemann ! Introduced into cultivation 

 by Lee and Kennedy in 1817. 



85. Stricklandia Baker. 



Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped ; tube short ; segments ob- 

 lanceolate, equal, spreading only at the tip. Stamens not declinate, 

 inserted at the throat of the tube, a little longer than the segments; 

 filaments callose at the base, united halfway up in a cup, lanceolate 

 above it, without any teeth between ; anthers linear-oblong, versa- 

 tile. Ovary globose, 8-lobed, 8-celled ; ovules many in a cell, 

 superposed ; style filiform ; stigma punctiform. Capsule short, 

 deeply 3-lobed, loculicidally 8-valved. Seeds many, small. — Differs 

 from pAicrosia by its shorter straight stamens, like those of Ste')io- 

 wesson . 



1. S. EUCRosiomES Baker. Leperiza eucrosiuides Baker in Gard» 

 Chron. 1878, i. 170. Stenomesson Stricklandi Baker in Gard. Chron. 

 1882, ii. 102. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Leaves 2 to a stem, produced after the flowers ; blade thin, green,, 

 oblong, 6-9 in. long ; petiole shorter than the blade. Peduncle 

 slender, terete, a foot long. Flowers 8-4 in an umbel, horizontal 

 or cernuous ; pedicels -|-1 in. long ; spathe-valves linear. Perianth- 

 hmb 1-li in. long ; tube green, ^-^ in. long ; segments ^ in. broad,, 

 red, laxly nerved all through, not keeled nor tipped with green. 

 Stamens finally just exserted. Style exserted \ in. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. Received alive in the summer of 1882-3 from 

 Sir C. W. Strickland, who pointed out at the time its systematic position ; and 

 also from Messrs. E, G. Henderson in 1877, and Dr. Wallace, of Colchester, in 

 1879. From Phcedranassa, under which Mr. Bentham has placed it in 'Genera 

 Plantarum,' it differs by its monadelphous filaments. 



