138 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDEiE. 



tinged with yellow and spotted. Stamens shorter than the seg- 

 ments ; anthers very small. 



Hab. Cliili; Province of Colchagua, &c., Pavonl Bridges 1227! C. Gay\ 



23. A. VERSICOLOR Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 59. — Flowering 

 stem in the type about ^ ft. long. Leaves many, linear, ascending, 

 the lower about an inch long. Umbel of few simple forks ; bracts 

 few, linear. Perianth about an inch long ; segments all oblanceo- 

 late-unguiculate; acute, yellow spotted with purple ; outer ^ in. 

 broad ; inner narrower. Stamens about as long as the segments. 



Var. A. RECUMBENS Herb. Amaryll. 97. — Stem scarcely at all 

 produced above the surface of the ground. Umbel many-rayed ; 

 some of the pedicels forked. 



Var. A. CuMiNGiANA Herb. Amaryll. 96. — Stems i-l ft. long. 

 Leaves scattered, linear, about -| in. long. Umbel 4-G-rayed, some 

 or all of the pedicels forked. Perianth 1-1:^ in. long. 



Hab. Chili, aliout Valparaiso, Conception, &c. I cannot, from the material 

 at my command, separate specifically .dt. tenuifolia Herb., A. nioalis Meyen, A. 

 Kiiujil Phil., A. xanthina Phil., A. puberula Phil., A. tigrina Phil., and A. 

 citrina Phil. 



24. A. iNCONSPicuA Phil. Descr. Nuev. 1873, 70. — Flowering 

 stem 6-9 in. long. Leaves crowded, linear-subulate, an inch long. 

 Umbel 2-3-rayed ; rays 1-7-fiowered ; flowers racemed, secund, 

 small, purplish. 



_ Hab. Chili ; Province of Santiago, PhiUppi. Of a large proportion of the 

 Chilian species recently described by Dr. Philippi I have not seen specimens. 



25. A. NIVALIS Phil, in Linn. xxix. 69, non Meyen. — Flowering 

 stem a span long. Leaves crowded, linear, under an inch long. 

 Umbel of 3 simple rays. Perianth l|-2 in. long ; outer segments 

 obovate-unguiculate, f in. broad ; inner longer, narrower, the upper 

 tinged with yellow at the middle and marked with oblique purple 

 lines and spots. 



Hab. Chili ; Province of Santiago, near the snow-line, Germain. Allied to 

 A. Ligtu. 



26. A. PAUPERcuLA Phil. Fl. Atac. 51, No. 371. — Flowering stem 

 about 2 in. long. Leaves ^-^ in. long, undulated at the edge. 

 Umbel 2-3-flowered; pedicels simple or forked, ^ in. long. Perianth 

 pale lilac ; outer segments obovate-spathulate, emarginate, with a 

 green mucro, under l^- in. long, under ^ in. broad ; inner i in. 

 longer, acuminate, with a green tip and a yellow base, in- 

 conspicuously spotted. 



Hab. Atacama, on a desert coast mountain, called Mejillones, alt. 1200 ft., 

 PhiUppi. Allied to A. violacea. 



27. A. ROSEA Phil. Sert. Mendoc. alt. 43, non Hook. — Flowering 

 stem 11; ft. long. Leaves regular, narrow linear, about i in. long. 

 Umbel 5-rayed; branches about 3 in. long, usually 3-flowered. 

 Perianth 1^-1 1 in. Ipng ; outer segments rose -red, obovate- 

 spathulate, above ^ in. broad ; inner narrower, yellow, spotted, 

 with a rose-red cusp. 



Hab. Mendoza, Philtppi. Allied to A. Liglii. 



