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28. A. ARAucANA Pliil. Dcscr. Nuev. Plant. 1873, 71.— Flowering 

 stem erect, densely leafy, under a foot long. Leaves linear, few- 

 nerved, not resupinate, l-|-2 in. long, ^-\ in. broad. Umbels few- 

 rayed ; rays mostly 2-flovvered. Piriantli-segments orange-yellow, 

 nearly 2 in. long; outer ovate- spalliulate, with a rounded apex; 

 inner subrhomboid, acute. 



Hab. Chili; I'rovince of Araucania, FoZcA;7ua72w. Allied to A. Li gtu. 



29. A. VoLCKMANNi Baker. A. ntcnopctala Phil. Descr. Nuev. 

 Plant. 1873, 71, non Schenck. — Flowering stem 6-15 in. long. 

 Leaves distant, small, linear-lanceolate, tlie largest f in. long. 

 Umbel 2-rayed ; rays 1-2-ilowered. Perianth 2 in. long ; outer 

 segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, f in. broad; inner narrower, 

 punctate. 



Hab. Chili; Province of Araucania, Volckmann, Allied to A. L'ujtu. 



30. A. vioLACEA Phil. Fl. Atac. 51, No. 370. — Leaves of the 

 sterile stem ovate-oblong, petioleJ, 5-ncrved, with a blade 2 in. 

 long, nearly an inch broad. Flowering stem 1^ ft. long; leaves 

 distant, scattered, erecto patent, linear, under an inch long. Umbel 

 5-rayed; pedicels forlced, 2-3 in. long; bracts about G, small, 

 ascending, linear. Perianth bright lilac, 1^-2 in, long ; outer 

 segments obovate-unguiculate, f in. broad, truncate, with a small 

 cusp ; mner oblong, acute, ^ in. broad, with many small spots. 

 IStamens much shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Chili ; Desert of Atacama, Philippi ! Allied to A. Light. 



31. A. LiGTU Linn. Sp. PI. 4G2 (Feuill. Obs. ii. 710, t. 4) ; 

 Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. 1839, t. 3. — Flowering stem l|-2 ft. long. 

 Leaves 20-30, thin, ascending, linear or lanceolate, the largest 

 2-3 in. long, |— ^ in. broad. Umbel 3-8-rayed ; rays often forked, 

 2-3 in. long ; bracts several, linear, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth about 

 1-| in. long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, obtuse or cuspi- 

 date, -| in. broad, whitish or pale lilac or pale red, obliquely streaked 

 with purple ; inner narrower and more acute. Stamens shorter 

 than the segments. 



Var. A. PULCHRA Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2421. A. bicolor Hook. 

 Exot. Flora, t. 65 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1147. A. Flos-Martini Ker 

 hi Bot. Keg. t. 731; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. ii. t. 277. 

 A. bicolor Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1497. — Leaves narrower and longer 

 than in the type. Flowers as large, variously coloured, both the 

 outer and inner segments cuspidate or acute. 



Hab. Frequent in Chili, and often seen in cultivation in numerous forms. 

 I cannot distinguish specifically A. angustifolia Herb., A. Prediana Kunth, A. 

 pallida Graham in Bot. Mag. t. 3040, A. Ilookeriana R. & S. {A. rosea Hook. 

 Exot. Flora, t. 281 ; A. Hookeri Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1272), and^. exserois Meyen. 

 The following species recently described by Dr. Philippi must also be near 

 allies: — A.Jiuva, liirtella, Diazi,Jiava, pallcns, inaqualis, a.nd diiloens is. 



32. A. PARvuLA Philippi in Linn, xxxiii. 261. — Flowering stem 

 not more than an inch long above the surface of the ground. 

 Leaves crowded, subrosulate, oblanceolate-spathulate, about ^ in. 

 long, 1 in. broad. Umbel simple, about 5-llowered ; pedicels ^ in. 

 long ; brticts resembling the proper leaves, as Jong as the pedicels. 



