140 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE.l^,. 



Perianth rose-red, under an inch long; outer segments oboVcite- 

 spathulate, nearly ^ in. broad; inner narrower, linear-oblong. 

 Hab. Chili ; High Andes of Santiago and Aconcagua, Fhlllppi. 



33. A. NUBiGENA Pliilippi in Linn. xxix. 67. — Flowering stem 

 about 4 in. long. Leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, S-nerved, an 

 inch long, under ^ in. broad. Umbel sim|)le, 8-9-fiowered ; pedicels 

 under an inch long. Perianth under an inch long ; outer segments 

 rose-red, with a green tip ; inner red at the tip, yellow at the 

 middle and dotted, whitish at the base. Stamens much shorter 

 than the segments. 



Hab. Chili; High Andes of the Province of Santiago, Germain. 



34. A. PmLippii Baker. A. violacea Phil. Descr. Nuev. Plant. 

 1873, 72, non Fl. Atac. No. 370. — Flowering and sterile stems 

 slender, decumbent, each about a foot long. Leaves of the sterile 

 stem thin, oblong, glabrous, petioled, with a blade about an inch 

 long, above ^ in. broad, those of the fertile stem lanceolate- 

 spathulate, ^-^ in. broad. Umbel 2-rayed; pedicels sometimes 

 forked. Perianth bright violet, 1|— 2 in. long ; outer segments 

 oblong-unguiculate, obtuse, | in. broad ; inner, narrower, acute, 

 spotted. Stamens shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Chili ; 20 miles from Carrizal Bajo, King 1 



35. A. Pelegrina Linn. Sp. PL 461 (Feuill. Obs. ii. t. 5) ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 139 ; Jacq. Hoit. Vind. i. t. 50; iii. t. 73 ; Bed. Lil. t.46; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1205. — Flowering stem stout, ^-1 ft. long.' 

 Leaves about 30, thin, lanceolate, ascending, 1^-2 in. long, |— | in. 

 broad. Umbel few-rayed and simple in the wild plant, but many- 

 rayed and compound in cultivtition ; bracts similar in style to tlie 

 leaves in shape and texture. Perianth lilac, 1|— 2 in. long ; outer 

 segments an inch broad, oblong-cordate with a large cusp : inner 

 oblong- spathulate, cuspidate, ^ in. broad, copiously spotted with 

 red-purple. Stamens declinate, much shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Chili, near Valparaiso, &c., introduced into cultivation in 1753. 

 There is a specimen from Lee's garden at Hammersmith in 1771 at the British 

 Museum. A. quillotcnsis Herb, is a robust cultivated form. A. alba Hort. is a 

 form with unspotted white flowers. 



36. A. Gayana Phil, in Linn. xxix. 71. — Flowering stem 2-3 ft. 

 long. Leaves lanceolate, ciliated, not resupinate, the lower 3-4 in. 

 long, ^-f in. broad, the upper growing gradually smaller. Umbel 

 of about 8 forked rays 3 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, an inch long. 

 Perianth If in. long, pale violet ; outer segments obovate-emarginate, 

 an inch broad ; inner acute, the two upper ^ in. broad, flushed with 

 yellow and punctate ; lower with an almost orbicular blade f in. 

 broad. 



Hab. Chili, in shady places, C. Gay. Intermediate between Pelegrina and 

 hcemantlia. 



37. A. HiEMANTHA Buiz ct Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 60 ; Sweet, Brit. 

 Flow. Gard. ser. ii. t. 158; Begel, Gartenfl. t. 264. A. pidclwUa 

 Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2354 ; Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 64 ; Lindl. in 

 Bot. Beg. t. 1008. ./. Slmdi Spreug. ; Sweet in Brit. Flow. Chird. 

 t. 267. — Flowering stem 2-3 it. Jong. Leaves crow' 



