PH-EDRANASSA. 107 



87. Ph.edranassa Herb. 



rerianth subcylindrical ; tube short or long; segments equal, 

 regular, spreading only at the tip. Stamens inserted at or below tlie 

 throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments straight, filiform, not dis- 

 tinctly appendiculate ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary globose- 

 trigonous, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate. Capsule globose, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 many, small, black. — llootstock a tunicatcd bulb. Leaves petioled, 

 oblong or lanceolate, produced after the flowers. Flowers bright- 

 coloured, few or many in an umbel, usually tipped with green ; 

 outer spathe-valves lanceolate. 



Perianth-tube much shorter than the segments . Sp. 1-4. 

 Perianth- tube much longer than the segments . Sp. 5. 



1. P. chloracea Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 17. P. ohtusa Herb. ; 

 Kegel, Gartenfl. t. 413. P. muUijiura Kunth. Ihctnanthus duhins 

 H. B. K. Crinum quitense Spreng. Phycella chloracea Herb. P. 

 obtnsa Lindl. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves produced after 

 the flowers; blade oblong-lanceolate, acute, 8-12 in. long, 2-3 in 

 broad at the middle ; petiole ^ ft. long, clasping the stem towards 

 the base. Peduncle glaucous, subterete, 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 

 G-12 in an umbel; pedicels 1-2 in. long; outer spathe-valves 

 acuminate, reflexing. Flowers generally drooping ; perianth-limb 

 1^-2 in. long ; tube subcylindrical, ^-^ in. long ; segments lanceo- 

 late, acute, scarlet, tipped with green. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Style finally much exserted. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, ascending to 12,000 ft., Ilartweg 1 Spruce 1 Jameson I 

 Often seen in cultivation. P. obtusa, chloracea, and multi flora differ only in the 

 number and size of the flowers. Flowers in summer. On re-examination I fear 

 that P. ventricosa Baker in Engler Jahrb. 1887, 210, founded on Lehmann's 

 2157, from Columbia, is also a form of this species. 



2. P. viRiDiFLORA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 134. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 1-| in. diam. ; outer tunics thin, brown. Leaf single ; blade 

 bright green, lanceolate, nearly a foot long, 1^-2 in. broad at the 

 middle ; petiole short. Peduncle terete, a foot long. Flowers 

 about 4 in an umbel, drooping ; pedicels ^-f in. long ; outer 

 spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-limb l^-l-i- in. long; tube 

 short, greenish yellow ; segments oblanceolate-spathulate, green 

 towards the tip, without any red, passing into whitish towards the 

 base. Stamens as long as the segments. Stjde much exserted. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. Described from living specimens sent by Mr. 

 H. J. Elwes in June, 1877, and Mr. Wilson Saunders. Perhaps a colour- variety 

 of F. chloracea. 



3. P. Lehmanni Kegel, Gartenfl. xxxii. 354, t. 1138. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 2 in. diam. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, bright green, 6-8 in. 

 long, 2 in. broad at the middle ; petiole shorter than the blade. 

 Peduncle rather compressed. Flowers 3-4 in an umbel ; pedicels 

 1-1-i- in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, reflexing. Perianth-limb 

 1^ in. long; tube green, campanulate ; segments oblanceolate, 

 bright red, not tipped with green. Stamens exserted about ^ in. 

 Style ^ in. longer than the stamens. 



