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Ilab. Northern Brazil. This is the only Brazilian species now in culti- 

 vation. Heveral of them are only known from a small number of dried specimens, 

 and need further investigation. 



18. A. scABEKULA Bakcr in Jouvn. Bot. 1877, 2G1. — Floweiiug 

 stem 4-5 ft. long, with about 30 ascending resnpinate leaves of thin 

 texture, pubescent all over and rather glaucous beneath, the lower 

 oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 in. long, an inch broad at the middle, the 

 upper growing gradually smaller, Umbel simple, 5-G-flowered ; 

 pedicels 1^ in. long; bracts G-9, lanceolate, shorter than the 

 pedicels. Perianth 1^ in. long ; segments all oblanceolate-spathu- 

 late, subacute, ^ in. broad, copiously spotted with claret-brown. 

 Stamens fehorttr than the segments. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Province of Goyaz, Gardner 3473 ! 



19. A. LONGiSTAMiNEA Mart, in Koem. et Schultes Syst. Yeg. 

 vii. 739 ; Schenk in Fl. Bras, iii, tab. 20, fig. 2. — Flowering stem 

 under 2 ft. long, its leaves distant, lanceolate or linear, the largest 

 2-3 in. long, i-f in. broad. Umbel 5-rayed ; pedicels short, 

 simple or forked ; bracts obsolete, a few large, linear. Perianth 

 an inch long ; segments all oblanceolate-spatlmlate. Stamens as 

 long as the perianth. 



Hab. Brazil ; Province of Bahia, Blartins. 



20. A. iNODORA Herb. Amaryll. 90, tab. 2, fig. 1. — Flow^ering 

 stem 2-3 ft. long, its leaves thin, lanceolate or oblong, narrowed 

 into a long winged petiole, reaching 3-4 in. long, an inch broad. 

 Umbel simple, 2-6-flowered ; pedicels 1-3 in. long ; bracts many, 

 large, lanceolate, thin. Perianth 1^-11- in. long ; segments 

 oblanceolatL-unguiculate, the outer ^-^ in. broad, the inner nar- 

 rower, plain or spotted towards the tip with claret -brown. Stamens 

 as long as the segments. 



Var. A. NEMOROSA Gardn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3958. — Leaves and 

 bracts longer and thinner, the latter sometimes 3-4 in. long, 

 1-1:^ in. broad, overtopping the flowers. 



Hab. Widely spread in Central and Southern Brazil. Allied to A.indchdla, 

 Jucnuintha, and aurautiaca. 



21. A. PYGM^A Herb. Amaryll. 100, 397, tab. 8, figs. 4-13.— 

 Underground stems 2-4 in. long. Stem not produced above the 

 surface, bearing a dense tuft of ascending linear or lanceolate leaves 

 ^-1 in. long. Flower solitary, sessile in the centre of the tuft of 

 leaves ; segments oblanccolate-unguiculate, whitish, unspotted, 

 ^-| in. long, l-12th to l-8th in. broad. Stamens nearly as long 

 as the segments. 



Hab. Andes of Pasco, Peru, Mathews 805 ! Gregory Bay, Dr. Cnnninr/ham ! 

 East Patagonia, CaiH. King \ Andes of Bolivia, alt. 11,000 — 12,000 ft., Mandon 

 1207 ! 



22. A. REvoLUTA Buiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 59. — Flowering 

 stem a foot or more. Leaves crowded, ascending, linear, the 

 longest 1-H in. long. Umbel of 6-12 or more simple or forked 

 short rays ; bracts many, small, linear. Perianth purplish, ^-^ in. 

 long; segments oblanceolatc-unguiculate, l-12th to l-8tli in. broad, 

 rellexing or spreading from the middle when expanded ; inner 



