148 HANDBOOK OP AMARYLLIDE.E . 



numerous obljiig glossy bracts ]i-2 in. long; pedicels very short. 

 Perianth 2 in. long ; all the segments oblanceolate, ^-^ in. broad. 

 Hab. High Andes of Peru and BoHvia. ^ -f,^ E ,^.,^ ^ u.l ^ w^^ , 



^j) o o. J Subgenus Bomarea proper. '^ * ^^•'•* '!•'**'»/. (0*////^ 



24. B. TORTA Herb. Amaryll. 115. Alstrameria torta H. B. K. 

 B. cumhremis Herb. — Stems elongated, slender, sarmentose, 

 glabrous. Leaves crowded upwards, linear or lanceolate, 1^-2 in. 

 long, moderately firm in texture, glabrous beneath. Flowers 6-10 

 in a simple umbel; bracts large, lanceolate, pedicels very slender, 

 1-1 in. long. Ovary hemispherical, glabrous. Perianth-segments 

 equal in length, ^-f in. long ; outer oblanceolate, tinged red ; inner 

 cuneate-unguiculate, yellowish green, spotted. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador and Peru, gathered by Humboldt, Jameson, and 

 Mathews. ^ ■ , • 3.4A i • '3e)to#^<,/^ ilV^M^I ♦ 



25. B. ifNciFOLiA Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1842, Muse .^ No. ^ 88. '^- 

 B. p^atiipetala Benth. Stems slender, glabrous, elongated, sar- 

 mentose. Leaves lax, linear or lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, moderately 

 firm in texture, glabrous and glaucous beneath. Flowers 4-10 in 



a simple umbel ; bracts several, large, lanceolate ; pedicels slender, 

 1-2 in. long, not bracteolate. Perianth- segments equal in length, 

 f in. long ; outer oblong ; inner cuneate-unguiculate, with a blade 

 \ in. broad. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, ascending to 12,000 ft. Gathered by Jameson, 

 Hartweg, Spruce, and Andre. 



26. B. ANGUSTiFOLiA Benth. PI. Hartweg, 156.— Stems elongated, 

 sarmentose, strongly angled, glabrous. Leaves spreading, lanceo- 

 late, 3-4 in. long, \-^ in. broad, moderately firm in texture, green, 

 glabrous and closely ribbed beneatli. Flowers 20-30 in a simple 

 umbel; bracts many, just like the leaves; pedicels 1-2 in. long, 

 very slender, glabrous, not bracteolate. Perianth-segments equal 

 in length, f in. long; outer oblanceolate; inner with a small blade 

 and very long claw. 



Hab. Peru ; Cordilleras of Loxa, Hartweg 653 ! 



27. B. GLOMERATA Herb.' Amaryll. 115, tab. 15, fig. 1. — Stems 

 elongated, slender, sarmentose, pubescent upwards. Leaves lax, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm in texture, 

 glabrous or pubescent beneath. Flowers a dozen or more in a 

 dense simple umbel ; bracts minute, linear ; pedicels slender, 

 downy, ^-f in. long. Ovary pilose. Perianth-segments equal in 

 length, "I in. long ; outer oblanceolate ; inner oblanceolate-un- 

 guiculate. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia and Peru, Mathews 1662 ! Lohh 256 ! 



28. B. PACHYPHi^EBiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 204. — Stems 

 elongated, sarmentose, glabrous. Leaves lax, shortly petioled, 

 obloDg-lanceolate, acute, firm in texture, 2-2|- in. long, |^-| in. 

 broad, obscurely pilose beneath, with about 40 crowded raised 

 veins. Umbel simple, 6-8-flowered ; bracts small, lanceolate ; 

 pedicels densely pubescent, ebracteolate, under an inch long. 



