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Quadrate ajipendage of filaments distinctly protruded from the 

 perianth-tube. 



Ovules many in a cell ...... Sp. 1-2. 



Ovules 2 in a cell ....... Sp. 3. 



Appendage of filaments almost entirely adnate to the perianth-tuhe. 



Perianth-segments large, spreading . . . tSp. 4. 



Perianth-segments small, ascending . . . Sp. 5. 



1. E. GRANDiFLoRA Plaucli. iu Flore des Serres, t. 957 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4971. E. amazonica Hort. Linden; Flore des Serres, 

 t. 121G-1217. — Bulb globose, 2 in. diam. Leaves 2-4 to a stem; 

 petiole about a foot long, semicircular on the back ; blade oblong, 

 bright green, a foot or more long, 5-6 in. broad. Peduncle terete, 

 1^-2 ft. long. Flowers 4-G in an umbel; pelicels -|— 1 in. long; 

 outer spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate; ovules about 20 in a cell. 

 Perianth tube curved, cyriudrical, 2 in. long, dilated in the upper 

 third to a throat \ in. diam. ; segments oblong, obtuse, spreading, 

 1-|— 2 in, long iu the cultivated plant. Staminal cup of six quadrate 

 connate segments ^ in. long, with a short filament lanceolate at the 

 base from the centre of each. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Lo?>i ! Javiesoiil Lehmannl Andrei Intro- 

 duced into cultivation in 1854 by M. Triana through M. Linden. The 

 imperfectly-described Hyinenocallis Bonplandii Kunth, Enum. v. (iOCt, gathered 

 by Bonpland on the banks of the Eio Magdalena, is probably a Eucharis. 



2. E. Mastersii Baker in Bot. Mag. t. G831. — Bulb globose, 

 1-|~2 iu. diam. Leaf- blade oblong, bright green, rounded at the 

 base, 8-9 in. long, 4-5 iu. broad ; petiole shorter than the blade. 

 Peduncle terete, a foot long. Flowers 2 in an umbel, nearly sessile ; 

 outer spathe-valves lanceolate. Ovules many in a cell. Perianth- 

 tube slightly curved, 2 iu. long, dilated in the upper third to a 

 throat i in. diam. ; segments ovate, spreading, above an inch long. 

 Carona adnate to the tube, except a narrow free border, the connate 

 edge distinctly toothed between the filaments ; stipes yellowish 

 green. Style reaching to the tip of the perianth -segments ; stigma 

 distinctly 3-lobed. Expanded limb 2^-3 iu. diam. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada. Described from specimens sent by Messrs. 

 Sander & Co., of St. Albans, in Feb. 1885. 



3. E. CANDIDA Planch, in Flore des Serres t. 788. — Bulb globose, 

 stoloniferous, 2 in. diam. Leaf-blade bright green, oblong, 9-15 in. 

 long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base 

 and acute apex ; petiole nearly or quite as long as the blade, 

 rounded on the back. Peduncle subcompressed, glaucous, above a 

 foot long. Flowers 6-10 iu a centripetal umbel ; pedicels ^-f iu. 

 long ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate. Ovary globose, deeply lobed; 

 ovules 2 in a cell. Perianth-tube curved, 1^-2 iu. long, dilated in. 

 the upper third to a throat ^ in. diam, ; segments oblong, 1-1-| in. 

 long. Filaments with quadrate appendages ^-| in. long, united at 

 the base only ; free part of the filament lanceolate, ^ in. long. 

 Style not reaching to the tip of the segments; stigma small, entire. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Schlim ! Goudot ! Described from a plant 

 flowered at Kew in March, 1877, presented by Mr. Wm. Bull. 



