BOMAREA. 147 



20. B. DissiTiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 203. — Stems 

 suberect, l-lf ft. long, straight, leaty in the upper half. Leaves 

 lax, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, firm in texture, green 

 and glabrous beneath, with about 40 close raised veins. Flowers 

 6-8 in a simple umbel; bracts minute, lanceolate; pedicels curved, 

 densely pubescent, not bracteolate, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth- 

 segments equal in length, f in. long ; outer oblanceolate, orange- 

 red ; inner narrowly obovate-unguiculate, spotted with violet. 



Hab. Andes of South Ecuador, alt. 9000 ft., Andrei 



Subgenus Wichuk^a. 



21. B. GLAUCEscENS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 201. Ahtra- 

 meria glcnicescens H. B. K. Collania glaiicescens Herb. Wichunca 

 glaucescens Roem. — Stems 1-2 ft. long, stiffly erect, decurved at the 

 apex. Leaves rigid, linear, with very revolute edges, very ascend- 

 ing, 1-2 in. long. Umbel simple, 3-6-flowered ; pedicels about 

 ■I in. long ; bracts rigid, lanceolate, an inch long. Ovary glabrous. 

 Perianth f in. long ; segments equal in length ; outer tinged with 

 red ; inner spotted with claret-red. 



Var. DULcis Baker. Alstraimeria dulcis Hook. Bot. Muse. ii. 

 237, t. 95. Collania dulcis Herb. ; Lindl. in Bot. Pieg. 1837, t. 34. 

 WiclmrcBa dtdcis Eoem. — A depauperated form, with slender less 

 rigid stems, smaller leaves and bracts, and only 1-2 flowers. 



Var. PUBERULA Baker. Collania piihenda Herb. WichurcEa 

 puhenda Eoem. — Umbel much laxer, many-flowered, compound, 

 with pedicels 2-3 in. long, with a large lanceolate bract at the 

 fork. Flowers larger. 



Hab. High Andes of Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, ascending to 13,000 ft. 

 on Pichincha and 14,000 on Sorata. Collania nutans Herbert MSS. is a form 

 with an elongated slender sarmentose stem. 



22. B. ANDiMARCANA Baker 111 Jourm Bot. 1882, 201. Collania 

 andimarcana Herb. ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4247. Wichurcea 

 andimarcana Roem. — Stems stout, suberect, glabrous or pubesecent, 

 much decurved at the top. Leaves crowded, sessile, erecto- 

 patent, glossy, lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, 3-5 in. long, 

 i-| in. broad, glaucous and pubescent beneath. Umbel of few 

 simple or forked rays about an inch long ; bracts like the leaves or 

 broader. Perianth lf-2 in. long; segments equal in length; 

 outer linear-oblong, much tinged with red ; inner yellowish green, 

 ■J-i in. broad at the tip. Stamens exserted. 



Hab. High Andes of Peru, Mathews 1164! Maclean\ The plant figured 

 in the 'Botanical Magazine,' which was flowered by Messrs. Veitch in 1846, 

 from seeds collected by Lobb, has a lax umbel, with pedicels 3 — 4 in. long, with 

 large bracts at the fork. 



23. B. INVOLUCROSA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 201. Collania 

 involucrosa Herb. Amaryll. 103, t. 9. WichurcEa involiicrosa Roem, 

 — Stems stout, suberect, 3-4 ft. long, very cernuous at the apex. 

 Leaves crowded, ascending, linear, with revolute edges, firm in 

 texture, erecto-patent, 4-5 in. long, glaucous and densely pilose 

 beneath. Flowers 6-20 in a dense simple umbel, surrounded by 



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