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lanceolate, subpetiolate, glaucous beneath, the lower 3-4 in. long, 

 i-| in. broad, the upper linear. Umbel very compound, many- 

 flowered, with branches 4-6 in. long ; bracts thin, lanceolate. 

 PcriMnth H -2 in. long; outer segments oblong s])athulate, acute, 

 briglit red, tipped with green, ^-f in. broad ; inner oblanceolate- 

 unguiculate, with red-purple spots on a red-yellow ground. Sta- 

 mens declinate, much shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Chili. Common at the present day in European gardens. Var. 

 albida Herb, is a form with whitish ilowers. 



38. A. AURANTiACA 1). Dou iu Swcet Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. 2, 

 t. 205; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1843. A. aiirca Meyen ; Hook, in 

 Lot. Mag. t. 3350. — Flowering stem 2-4 ft. long. Leaves 40-50, 

 tliin, lanceolate, subpetiolate, rather glaucous below, the lower 

 3-4 in. long, h in. broad. Flowers 10-30 in an umbel with long 

 compound rays ; bracts like the leaves in size and sliape. Periantli 

 briglit yellow, 1|-1t in. loug ; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, 

 subobtuse, tipped with green, |— | in. broad ; inner narrower, 

 deeper in colour, acute, copiously spotted with claret-brown. 

 Stamens declinate, much shorter than the segments. 



Hab. ChiH. Common at the present time in European gardens. A. muta- 

 bilis Kunze is probably a form either of this or of A. hcemantJia, which are closely 

 aUied to one another. A. concolor Steud. is a form with pale unspotted tiowers. 



39. A. VENusTULA Phil, in Linn, xxxiii. 2G0. — Flowering stem 

 2-3 in. long, densely leafy only at the apex. Leaves obloug- 

 spatlnilate, -|- in. loug, obtuse or subacute, thick in texture, sliortly 

 hispid all over both surfaces. Umbel simple, 3-4-flowered; pedicels 

 very short. Perianth |— | in. long ; outer segments with an oblong 

 blade ^ in. broad and a long slender claw ; inner oblanceolate- 

 unguiculate, acute, copiously spotted. Stamens as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Chili, PhiUppi ! 



40. A. LiNEATiFLORA Kuiz ct Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. GO, t. 289. — 

 Leaves thin, oblong-spathulate, acute, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 

 l-l^ in. broad. Umbel with 3-5 rays reaching 6-8 in. long, 

 bearing each 2-4 flowers ; bracts about 6, like the leaves in sliape 

 and texture. Perianth lilac, 2 in. long; outer segments obovate- 

 uuguiculate, acute, an inch broad; inner oblong, acute, under -|- in. 

 broad, much spotted. Stamens much shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Chili, Pavon\ (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



41. A. CHORiLLENsis Herb, m Bot. Keg. 1843, Misc. No. 95. 

 .1. Uneatijiora Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 58, non R. k P. — 

 Flowering stem about a foot long. Leaves thin, oblong-spathnlate, 

 bright green, 2-3 in. long, f m. broad. Umbel 3-rayed, 8-10- 

 flowered ; bracts thin, oblong-spathulate. Perianth 1^ in. long; 

 outer segments rose-red, obovate, slightly emarginate, h in. broad ; 

 inner acute, f in. broad, flushed with yellow at the middle and 

 dotted. Stamens shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Described from a plant cultivated at Chiswick, sent from Lima by 

 Maclean. 



