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lanceolate, 1^ in. long, spreading only at the tip. Stamens as long 

 as the perianth-limb. Style shortly exserted. 



Var. U. FULVA Herb. Amaryll. 55. — Leaves shorter, more 

 rounded at the base. Flowers much smaller (limb an inch long). 



Hab. Andes of T'eru. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Nov., 

 1877, and 1887. Var. fulva, Matthews 868 1 



2. U. LATiFOLiA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 732. Pancratium lati- 

 folium Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. 54, t. 384. Leperlza latifolia 

 Herb. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4952. Chrysiphiala latifolia Lindl. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 2 in. diam., with brown tunics and a short neck. Leaves 

 2-4 to a stem ; blade oblong, a span long, 4-5 in. broad ; petiole 

 much shorter. Peduncle stout, terete, a foot long. Flowers 6-8 in 



.an umbel, pendulous, bright yellow, tipped with green; pedicels 

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

 under an inch long, dilated suddenly into a funnel in the upper 

 third; segments oblong-lanceolate, an inch long, spreading only at 

 the tip. Stamens shghtly exserted. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. Described from a plant that flowered in Sept. 1856, 

 at Kew, from bulbs sent by Mr. Maclean, of Lima, 



3. U. MiNiATA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 732. Pentlandia miniata 

 Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1889, t. 68. Splmrotele coccinea Link, Otto & 

 Klotzsch Ic. t. 38. S. miniata Klotzsch. — Bulb ovoid, 1-1 1 in. 

 diam. ; tunics brown. Leaves produced after the flowers, shortly 

 petioled, a foot long, 1-1-| in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the base and apex. Peduncle slender, 1-1-|^ ffc. long. 

 Flowers 2-6 in an umbel, pendulous, bright scarlet, not tipped 

 with green; pedicels 1-1| in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate. 

 Perianth-limb 1^ in. long; tube cylindrical in the lower half, 

 urceolate in the upper half; segments oblong, spreading only at the 

 tip. Stamens int^erted below the throat of the tube ; anthers 

 sometimes exserted. Style very slender, much exserted. 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Bolivia, ascending to 10,000 ft., Matthewa ! 

 Maclean\ Pearcel Roezll Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Feb., 

 1877. Also received alive from Mr. Elwes, Colonel Trevor Clarke, Dr. Wallace, 

 Messrs. Veitch, &c. Very like Stenomessoii croceum in the perianth ; differs in 

 stamens and leaf. 



39. EucHARis Planchon. 



Periaiith-tiihe cylindrical, with a dilated throat, more or less 

 curved ; segments oblong, equal, spreading. Stainens inserted at 

 the throat of the perianth -tube, shorter than the segments ; fila- 

 ments variously appendiculate downwards ; anthers versatile. 

 Orary globose, 3-celled ; ovules many, rarely 2, superposed ; style 

 filiform ; stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, finally 

 dehiscent. Seeds large, bulbiform, sometimes solitary. — Rootstuck 

 a tunicated bulb. Leaves petioled, oblong, bright green. Flowers 

 few in an umbel, large, pure white ; outer spathe-valves 2, ovate- 

 lanceolate ; inner many, linear. 



