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9. B. STENOPETALA Bakei' in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1887, 212. — 

 Stems slender, erect, glabrous, slightly flexuose, 2-3 ft. long. 

 Leaves lax, erecto-patent, oblong-lanceolate, very acute, rigid, 

 glabrous, strongly ribbed ; lower 3-4 in. long, | in. broad. Umbel 

 few-flowered, erect, simple or compound ; bracts 2-3, large, linear 

 or lanceolate ; rays flexuose, 2-3 in. long, naked or bracteolate. 

 Ovary obconic, glabrous. Perianth-segments all f in. long ; outer 

 dark lake-red ; inner orange-red, with a long claw and small 

 cuneate limb. 



Hab. New Granada ; Woods of Antioquia, alt. 8000 — 10,000 ft., Lehmann ! 



10. B. PUMiLA Griseb. in Lechl. PI. Peruv. Exsic. No. 2240.— 

 Stems very slender, decumbent at the base, flexuose, leaty only in 

 the top, 1-2 in. Leaves oblong, obtuse, f-l^ in. long, tlnn, 

 glaucous and glabrous beneath. Flower solitary, horizontal ; 

 pedicel densely pilose, under an inch long. Ovary turbinate, 

 densely pilose. Perianth-segments equal in length, greenish 

 yellow, ^ in. long ; outer oblanceolate ; inner cuneate. 



Hab. Peru ; Sachapata, Lechler ! 



11. B. 'brachysepala' Bentii. Plant.' Hartweg. 157. — Stems 

 i-1-^ ft. long, decumbent at the base, glabrous, flexuose and leafy 

 in the upper third. Leaves 6-8, oblong, firm in texture, obtuse, 

 cuspidate, 1^-2 in. long, half as broad, glabrous beneath. Umbel 

 2-3-rayed ; bracts 2-3, just like the leaves ; pedicels 1-2 in. long, 

 naked or minutely bracteate. Outer segments oblong, -| in. long ; 

 inner | in. long, cuneate, with a long claw. 



Hab. Andes of Peru ; Loxa, Hartioeg 855 ! 



12. B. SECUNDiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. AlstrcEmeria 

 secundifolia Piuiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 60, t. 290 a. Sphccrine 

 secundifolia Herb. — Stems suberect, 2 ft. long, glabrous, leafy in 

 the upper half. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, 3-4 in. 

 long, an inch broad, strongly ribbed, glabrous beneath. Umbel 

 simple ; bracts small, lanceolate ; pedicels pubescent, an inch long; 

 Segments all |-^ in. long ; outer reddish, externally pubescent ; 

 inner yellow, spotted. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, near Muna, Pavon ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



13. B. RECURVA Baker. — Stems slender, glabrous, 1-1^^ ft. long, 

 leafy in the upper half, much recurved at the apex. Leaves oblong, 

 acute, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3 in. long, an inch 

 broad. Umbel simple, 2-3-flowered ; one large bract ; pedicels an 

 inch long. Fruit glabrous, turbinate. Lnier segments % in. long, 

 obovate, with a narrow claw as long as the blade, yellowish green. 



Hab. Andes of Peru ; Sachapata, Lechler 2629 ! 



14. B. ANGUSTiPETALA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1882, 202. Sphcrrine 

 angustipetala Benth. — Stems slender, erect, glabrous, a foot long, 

 leafy in the upper half. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, very acute, 

 1^-2 in. long, moderately firm in texture, hispid on the raised ribs 

 beneath. Umbel simple, 4-rayed ; bracts 5-6, large, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate ; pedicels about 3 in. long, with a lanceolate 



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