108 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^E. 



Hab. Western slope of the Andes of Columbia, alt. 7000 ft., Lehmann. 

 Introduced into cultivation in 1883. 



4. P. scHizANTHA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1880, ii. 556. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 1 in. diam. Leaf contemporary with the flower in October, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, bright green, 6-8 in. long, 2 in. broad at 

 the middle ; petiole short. Peduncle slender, nearly a foot long. 

 Flowers about 5 in an umbel ; pedicels ^-1 in. long ; outer spathe- 

 valves lanceolate. Perianth-limb 1^ in. long; tube campanulate, 

 green, ^ in. long ; segments lanceolate, bright red, with a salmon- 

 coloured obtuse tip ^ in. broad. Stamens exserted ^ in. Style 

 ^ in. longer than the stamens. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador ; Tasto, alt. 10,000 ft., Andre ! Discovered in 1876. 

 Described from a living specimen flowered by M. Andre in October, 1880. 



5. P. Carmioli Baker in Saund. Kef. Bot. t. 46. — Bulb globose, 

 2-3 in. diam., with brown tunics and a short neck. Leaves 1-2, 

 as long as the peduncle ; blade oblong-lanceolate, acute, bright 

 green, a foot long, 3 in. broad at the middle ; petiole much shorter 

 tlian the blade. Peduncle terete, pale glaucous-green, 2 ft. long. 

 Flowers 8-10 in an umbel ; pedicels an inch long ; spathe- valves 

 lanceolate. Perianth-limb 2 in. long ; tube bright red, cylindrical, 

 three times as long as the oblong-lanceolate connivent segments, 

 which are green with a pale edge. Stamens exserted, inserted 

 below the throat of the perianth -tube. Style not reaching the tip 

 of the stamens. 



Hab. Costa Kica, Carmiol ! Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wil- 

 son Saunders in 1867. 



38. Urceolina Reich. 



Perianth-inhe cylindrical, suddenly dilated ; segments equal, 

 oblong or ovate, spreading only at the tip. Stamens inserted at or 

 below the throat of the tube ; filaments filiform, indistinctly 

 appendiculate at the base ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 deeply 3-lobed, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate. Caimde deeply lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seedn many, small. — Rootstuck a tunicated bulb. Leaves thin, 

 petioled, oblong or lanceolate. Flowers yellow or red, many in an 

 umbel, pendulous. 



Flowers yellow, tipped with green ; segments long . Sp. 1-2. 

 Flowers bright red, not tipped with green; segments 



short Sp. 8. 



1. U. PENDULA Herb. Amaryll. 193; Bot. Mag. t. 5464. U. 

 anrea Lindl. Crinum urceolatum Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peru, iii. 58, 

 t. 287b. Collania urceolata Schult. — Bulb globose, 1^ in. diam. 

 Leaves 1-2 to a stem, produced after the flowers ; blade thin, 

 oblong, acute, a foot or more long, 4-5 in. broad ; petiole much 

 shorter. Peduncle terete, a foot long. Flowers pendulous, bright 

 yellow, tipped with green, 4-6 in an umbel; pedicels slender, 

 1-2 in. long ; outer spathe-valves large, lanceolate. Perianth-tube 

 an inch long, dilated suddenly in the upper third ; segments oblong- 



