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42. A. CROCEA Phil, in Linn, xxxiii. 262. — Flowering stem |- ft. 

 long, closely leafy in the upper third. Leaves oblong, acute, firm 

 in texture, about an inch long, ^-^ in. broad. Umbel simple, 

 2-flowered ; pedicels short. Perianth yellow ; outer segments 

 obovate-ungaiculate, obtuse, If in. long, -| in. broad; inner ^ in. 

 longer, narrower, acute. Stamens as long as the outer segments. 



Hab. Chili, PJiili2)pil Allied to A. sjmthulata. 



43. A. SPATHULATA Presl, Eel. Haenk. ii. 122, tab. 22, fig. 2.— 

 Flowering stem f-1 ft. long. Leaves crowded in the upper part of 

 the stem, oblong-spathulate, thick in texture, glabrous, crisped and 

 scariose at the edge, subobtuse, 1-2 in. long, ^-f in. broad. 

 Umbel simple, few-flowered ; pedicels short. Perianth reddish, 

 l-lf in. long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, obtuse, ^-| in. 

 broad ; inner oblong-unguiculate, acute, ^ in. broad. Stamens 

 usually shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Andes of Chili and Mendoza, Gillies I Bridges \ C. Gay\ A. seri- 

 cantha Schauer {A. umhcUata Meyen) is probably a dwarf form of this species, 

 and A. Neillii Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3105, a robust cultivated condition. A. 

 andina Phil, in Linn. xxix. 69, seems to differ mainly by its smaller flowers, but 

 we have a dwarf alpine form of spatJtiilata from C. Gay with perianth only 

 7—8 lines long and stamens as long as the segments. 



44. A. cRisPATA Phil, in Linn. xxix. 70. — Flowering stem 3-4 in. 

 long, densely leafy only in the upper quarter. Leaves with a sub- 

 orbicular very much crisped blade |— ^ in. long and broad, and a 

 long flat petiole. Flowers 6-12 in a simple umbel ; pedicels |-f in. 

 long ; bracts many, small, lanceolate. Perianth f in. long ; seg- 

 ments obovate-unguiculate, obtuse, with a long claw and a small 

 blade ^-J in. broad. Stamens a little longer than the segments. 



Hab. Chili, Philippi ! A very distinct and curious littte species. 



53. BoMAREA Mirb. 



Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube none ; segments of each row 

 uniform, but those of the two rows dissimilar, tlie three outer 

 firmer in texture, oblanceolate-oblong, the three inner broadest at 

 the point and narrowed to a distinct grooved claw. Stamois 

 attached to the base of the segments, about equalling them ; fila- 

 ments filiform ; anthers oblong, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 

 many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma trifid. Capsule turbinate, 

 truncate at the apex, 6-ribbed, finally dehiscing. Seeds subglobose, 

 Avith a pulpy testa. — Iloot-Uhves slender, often thickened towards 

 the tip into large tubers. Stems usually elongated and sarmentose. 

 Leaves usually resupinate, obscurely petioled, usually oblong, acute. 

 Uiithels simple or compound. Inner segments of the perianth 

 equalling or exceeding the outer. 



Subgenus Sph.erine. High mountain types with suberect stems, 

 of which the leaty part is not more than | ft. long. 



Leaves linear or lanceolate . . . Sp. 1-8. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate . Sp. 9-20. 



