ALSTR^MERIA. 133 



2. I. KoLPAKowsKiANUM IiGgel Descr. xii. 208. Kolpakoivskia 

 ixioUrioides Regel Gartoiill. 1878, 294, t. 953.— Bulb ^ iu. diam. 

 Leaves ascending, about 4 aggregated in a basal tuft and 1-2 small 

 ones above it. lowers 2-4, generally all in a terminal umbel. 

 Pcriantli-scgmeuts f-1 in. long, very narrow, cohering loosely in 

 the lower half. Filaments very short, inserted half-way up the 

 segments. 



Hab. Turkestan, alt. 3000— GOOO ft. Discovered by Dr. Albert Kegel in 

 1878. Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Elwes in April, 1880. 



52. Alstr^jieria Linn. 



Perianth- tnhe none ; limb more or less irregular, the lower 

 segment especially of the inner row being different from the other 

 two of the same row in size and marking, and the three outer a 

 different shape from the three inner. Stamens slightly declinate, 

 attached to the base of the segments, often unequal ; filaments 

 filiform ; anthers small, oblong, basifixed. Ovarij turbinate, 3- 

 celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma trifid. 

 Capsule loculicidally 3 valved, umbonate at the apex. Seeds 

 globose. — Boot of thickened fibres; rootstock none. Leaves cauline, 

 usually resupinate by the twisting of the base or petiole, more fully 

 developed on the short flowerless stems than on those that produce 

 the flowers. Flowers various in colour, often spotted, arranged in 

 a simple or compound umbel. 



Leaves of flowering-stem oblong- or 



obovate-spatulate . . . Sp. 39-44. 



1. A. plantaginea Mart, in Roem. et Schultes Syst. vii. 739; 

 Schenck iu Fl. Bras. iii. 178, tab. 21, fig. 2. — Flowering-stems 

 stiffly erect, l|-2 ft. long. Fully developed leaves crowded, sessile, 

 lanceolate, eructo-patent, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm in texture ; 

 those of the flowering-stem usually much smaller, distant, linear 

 or lanceolate. Flowers 5-9 in a simple umbel; bracts 8-12, small, 

 liuear ; pedicels 1-2 in. long, with linear bracteoles. Perianth 

 1-1:1 ill- long; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate ; inner longer 

 and broader than outer, yellow, spotted with clareL-purplc. 

 Stamens and style nearly as long as limb. 



