PLAGIOLIRION. Ill 



4. E. Sanderi Baker in Bot. Mag. t. GG7G.— Bulb ovoid, 1^-2 in. 

 diam. ; outer tunics brown. Leaf-blade bright green, oblong, 

 10-12 in. long, 5-6 in. broad, cordate at the base ; petiole half as 

 long as the blade. Peduncle terete, a foot long. Flowers 2-3 in 

 an umbel, nearly sessile ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate. Ovules 

 about 20 in a cell. Perianth-tube curved, 2 in. long, dilated in the 

 upper third to a throat ^ in. diam. ; segments ovate, pure white, 

 above an incli long. Corona with a very narrow free collar-like 

 edge ; stri[)es primrose-yellow ; free filaments -^ in. lon^:. Style 

 reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments ; stigma distinctly 

 3-lobcd. 



Var. MULTiFLORA Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6831. — Flowers smaller, 

 4-6 in an umbel, striped with green. 



Hab. New Granada, on the banks of the Rio Dagua and Rio Telembi, 

 Lehmann 273G ! First described from a living plant sent by Messrs. Hander & 

 Co. in March, 1882. 



5. E. suBEDENTATA Bentli. in Gen. Plant, iii. 731. CaUlphrurla 

 suhedentata Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6289; N. E. Brown in 111. Hort. 

 n. s. t. 415. — Bulb ovoid, 1| in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Leaves about 4 to a bulb, contemporary with the flowers ; blade 

 oblong, acute, bright green, deltoid at the base, 6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. 

 broad ; petiole as long as the blade, channelled down the face. 

 Peduncle slender, a foot long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels 

 ^-1 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate. Ovary globose; ovules 

 6-8 in a cell. Perianth-tube an inch long, funnel-shaped in the 

 upper half; segments oblong, ascending, ^ in. long. Stamens half 

 as long as the segments ; filaments lanceolate, occasionally toothed 

 at the base; anthers linear-oblong. Style as long as the segments. 

 Stigma 3-lobed. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Lehmann 3374 ! First described from a 

 plant sent by M. H. Beaufoy, Esq., in Dec. 1876. Since received from Messrs. 

 T. Moore, Veitch, Bull, Linden, &c. 



40. Plagiolirion Baker. 



Periaiith-inhe short, cylindrical ; limb oblique, the two lower 

 segments spreading horizontally ; segments oblanceolate, equal, 

 twice as long as the tube. Stamens inserted at the throat of the 

 perianth- tube, shorter than the segments ; filaments united at the 

 base in a cup, with a tooth between each of them ; anthers oblong, 

 versatile. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules 2-3 in a cell, superposed; 

 style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule globose, finally dehiscing. 

 Seeds not more than one in a cell, globose. — Allied to Kucliaris and 

 Calliphruria. 



1. P. HoRSMANNi Baker in Gard. Chron. 1883, ii. 38. — Bulb 

 globose, 1-1 in. diam., with a short neck and brown membranous 

 tunics. Leaves developed after the flowers ; blade thin, obloug, 

 acute, 8-9 in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; petiole shorter than the blade. 

 Peduncle 4-6 in. iowQ. Flowers 8-10 in an umbel; pedicels-^— f in. 

 long ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-tube green, ^ in. 

 long; segments white, laxly 5-nerved in the central half. Stamens 



