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ancipitous, a foot long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, horizontal or 

 drooping; pedicels f-1 in. long; outer spathe-valves lanceolate. 

 Perianth li-l| in. long above the ovary; segments bright red, 

 tipped with green. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Maclean ! Received alive from Col. Trevor Clarke, 

 Sir C. W. Strickland, and Messrs. Green and Henderson. Flowers in spring. 



42. Stenomesson Herb. 



Penanth-tuhe long, funnel-shaped ; segments short, equal, 

 oblong, ascending. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth- 

 tube ; filaments united towards the base in a distinct cup, which is 

 often toothed between them ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ocarij 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style erect, filiform ; stigma 

 capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, crowded, 

 black. — Piootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves linear, lorate or lanceo- 

 late. Flowers few or many in an umbel, generally red or yellow, 

 tipped with green. 



Stenomesson pkoper. Filaments inserted at the edge of the staminal 

 cup. Habit less robust ; flowers smaller. 



Flowers plain yellow . . . . Sp. 1-4. 



Flowers variegated yellow and red . Sp. 5-6. 



Flowers plain red . . . . Sp. 7-8. 



CoBURGiA. Filaments inserted at the edge of the staminal cup. 



Habit more robust; flowers larger, yellow or red, tipped 



green Sp. 9-10. 



Callithauma. Filaments inserted below the edge of the staminal 

 cup. Flowers green . . . . Sp. 11. 



1. S. AURANTiACUM Herb. App. 40. Pancratiiun aiirajitiacum 

 H. B. K. Chrysiphiala aiirantiaca Eoem. et Schultes. S. Hartivegii 

 Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. 1844, t. 42. S. eustephioidcs Herb. — Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam., with brown tunics and a short neck. Leaves 

 linear, usually produced after the flowers. Peduncle slender, 

 l-lf ft. long. Flowers 3-6 in an umbel, horizontal or ascending ; 

 pedicels 1-1|- in. long ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth 

 bright orange, li-l-| in. long ; tube funnel-shaped in the upper 

 half; segments oblong-cuspidate, half as long as the tube. Stamens 

 nearly as long as the segments ; filaments dilated, united in a cup 

 in the lower half, without any tooth between. Style protruded 

 beyond the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, ascending to 13,000 ft., Jameson ! Hall ! Hartweg ! 

 Andrei Received alive lately from Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Anderson 

 Henry. Flowers in summer. 



2. S. Pearcei Baker in Saund. Pief. Bot. t. 308. — Bulb ovoid, 

 2 in. diam., with brown tunics and a long neck. Leaves produced 

 after the flowers, lanceolate, bright green, above a foot long, above 

 an inch broad at the middle. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long, subglaucous, 

 slightly compressed. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels slender, 

 2-4 in. long ; outer spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long. 



