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glabrous. Perianth-segments all |-^ in. long ; outer tinged with 

 red ; inner greenish yellow, nearly J in. broad at the tip. 

 Hab. Ancles of Columbia, Lohh I 



4. B. HispiDA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. — Stems 1-2 ft. 

 long, decumbent at the base, leaty in the upper half or third. 

 Leaves moderately close, ascending, lanceolate, firm in textui-e, 

 1^-2 in. long, ^-^ in. broad; glaucous and densely hispid on the 

 ribs beneath. Umbel erect ; bracts large, lanceolate ; rays 2-3, 

 1-2-flowered, 1^-2 in. long, bracteate at the middle. Ovary small, 

 turbinate, pubescent. Segments all ^-f in. long ; outer tinged 

 with red ; inner yellow, tinged with red. 



Hab. New Granada; Paramos of Ocana, 8000—10,000 ft., Sclilim 48G ! 

 Goudot ! Kalhreyer 563 1 



5. B. MINIMA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. — Stems slender, 

 1^ ft. long, decumbent at the base, leaty and hairy in the upper 

 third. Leaves close, ascending, lanceolate, slightly hairy beneath, 

 firm in texture, 1-1| in. long ; edges narrowly revolute. Umbel 

 simple, 2-flowered ; bracts large, lanceolate ; pedicels 1^ in. 1 )ng, 

 with a lanceolate bract at the middle. Ovary hemispherical, 

 glabrous. Segments all -| in. long ; outer tinged with red, narrowed 

 in the lower half; inner rather shorter, greenish yellow, spotted. 



Hab. New Granada ; Paramo of Cuchero, Purdie ! 



6. B. cHiMBORACENsis Baker in Engl. Jahrb. 1887, 212. — Stem 

 short, suberect, glabrous, cernuous at the apex. Leaves crowded, 

 ascending, lanceolate, rigid, glabrous, closely strongly ribbed, 

 2-3 in. long, ^-^ in. broad. Umbel dense, simple, 6-10 flowered ; 

 bracts 4-5, just like the leaves ; pedicels slender, naked, under an 

 inch long. Ovary turbinate, glabrous. Segments all f in. lon» ; 

 outer reddish ; inner spathulate, yellowish green, jr in. broad. 



Hab. Ecuador; Paramos of Chimborazo, alt. 12,000 ft., LeJimannl 



7. B. BREVis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. SpJurriite hrcvis 

 Herb. — Stems suberect, glabrous, leaty in the upper half. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, acute, moderately firm in texture, 3-4 in. long, 

 ^-f in. broad at the middle, glabrous beneath. Umbel simple, 

 3-flowered ; bracts one large, the others small ; pedicels an inch 

 long, not bracteated. Ovary turbinate, pubescent. Segments all 

 t in. long ; outer oblanceolate-oblong, tinged with red, emarginate 

 and connate below the tip. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Mathews 16G0 ! 



8. B. NERVOSA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. Sphmine verrom 

 Herb. — Stems suberect, glabrous, leaty in the upper foot. Leaves 

 lanceolate, firm in texture, acuminate, glaucous aud glabrous 

 beneath, 4-5 in. long, under an inch broad. Umbel sunpie, erect, 

 20-30-flowered ; bracts 3, large, oblong-lanceolate ; pedicels 1^ in. 

 long, stiffly erect, pubescent, not bracteated. Ovary turbinate, 

 pubescent. Segments all |- in. long ; outer linear-oblong ; inner 

 with a claw as long as the cujieate limb. 



Hab. Andes of I'eru, Mathews lOGl ! 



