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Staminal cup obconic, nearly 3 in. long, 3-4 in. broad at the throat, 

 white, striped with green, with rounded entire processes between 

 the abruptly reflexed free tips of the filaments, which are an inch long ; 

 anthers linear, |- in. long. Style exserted from the staminal cup. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, alt. 8000 ft., on the banks of the Eio Ambocas, 

 Andre 4546 ! Gathered in 1876. 



27. H. DEFLEXA Baker. Ismene defiexa Herb, in Bot. Beg. 1839, 

 Misc. No. 142. — Leaves ensiform, acute, a foot long, under 2 in. 

 broad. Peduncle ancipitous. Flowers 3-4 in a sessile umbel ; 

 spathe-valves small. Perianth-tube curved, 1^-2 in. long; segments 

 linear, 3-4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long, 

 with rounded recurved processes between the free tips of the 

 filaments, which are an inch or more long ; anthers linear, | in. 

 long. Style ^Drotruded 1^-2 in. from the staminal cup. 



Hab. A native of the Andes of Peru, at San Mateo, according to Herbert, 

 but Col. Trevor Clarke has recently raised it by crossing H. calathina and 

 Elisena longijjetala. 



28. H. NUTANS Baker. Ismene nutans Herb. Pancratium nutans 

 Ker (Bot. Mag. t. 1561). — Leaves lorate, obtuse, above 2 ft. long. 

 Peduncle 2-edged. Flowers 3-4 in a sessile umbel. Perianth-tube 

 green, curved, about an inch long ; segments linear, white, twice 

 as long as the tube. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 1|- in. long, 

 irregularly lacerated between the free tips of the filaments, which 

 are ^-^ in. long ; anthers large, linear. Style reaching nearly to 

 the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Supposed to have been imported from Brazil, but more likely An dine. 

 I have not seen a specimen, and my description is made from the Bot. Mag. figure. 



29. H. Macle ANA Nichols. Diet. Grard. ii. 1650. Ismene Madeana 

 Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3675. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam., very 

 proliferous. Leaves 6-8, laxly superposed, suberect, bright green, 

 a foot or more long, 18-21 lines broad. Peduncle ancipitous, above 

 a foot long. Flowers 2-8 in an umbel, sessile or pedicellate ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-tube greenish, straight, 1^-2 in. 

 long ; segments linear, suberect, as long as the tube. Staminal 

 cup obconic, 1^ in. long, white, banded with green, with rounded 

 spreading sharply-toothed processes between the free inflexed tips 

 of the filaments, which are ^ in. long ; anthers linear, J in. long. 

 Style protruded from the staminal cup. Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, introduced by Maclean in 1834. Described from a 

 plant that flowered at Kew in June, 1881, presented by Col. Trevor Clarke. I 

 cannot separate specifically I. pediinculata Herb, or I. virescens Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. 1841, t. 12. 



30. H. CALATHINA Nichols. Diet. Gard. ii. 165. Ismene calathina 

 Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2685. I. cijathiformis, narcissi/! ora, and 

 TagHahuci Eoem. Pancratium calatliinum, Ker in Bot. Beg. t. 215. 

 P. narcissijiorum Jacq. Fragm. t. 138. P. calatliiforme Bed. Lil. 

 t. 353. — Bulb globose, with a cylindrical neck. Leaves 6-8, sub- 

 distichous, superposed, erecto-iDatent, bright green, lorate, 1-|~2 ft. 

 long, H-2 in. broad. Peduncle 2-edged, 1^-2 ft. long. Flowers 

 2-5 in a sessile umbel ; outer spathe-valves large, ovate. Perianth- 

 tube green, funnel-shaped at the apex, 3-4 in. long ; segments 



