BOMAREA. 163 



Perianth-segments equal in length, 15-16 lines long; outer ob- 

 lanceolate, purplish, ^ in. broad, inner not much broader, yellowish. 

 Hab. Andes of South Ecuador, alt. 9000 ft. Andre, 4G14 ! 



49. B. suPERBA Herb. Amaryll. 117, tab. 6, fig. 1. — Stems 

 elongated, earmentose, glabrous. Leaves lax, spreading, lanceolate, 

 4-5 in. long, f in. broad, moderately firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous beneath. Flowers 40-50 in a dense simple umbel; outer 

 bracts large, leaty ; pedicels xDubesceut, 1-1| in. long, not bracteo- 

 late. Ovary densely pubescent. Perianth-segments equal in length, 

 If in. long ; outer oblanceolate-spathulate, ^ in. broader ; inner 

 unguiculate, scarcely broader. 



Hab. Andes of Peru ; Province of Chacapoyas, Mathews 1663 ! 



50. B. FORMosissiMA Griseb. in PL Lechl. No. 2141, non Herb. 

 Alstrmmeria formosissuna Euiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. t. 296. — Stems 

 stout, elongated, sarmentose. Leaves lax, oblong, acute, distinctly 

 petioled, 4-5 in. long, 1-lf in. broad, glabrous beneath. Flowers 

 very numerous, arranged in a dense simple umbel ; bracts large, 

 foliaceous ; pedicels l-|-2 in. long, pubescent, not bracteolate. 

 Perianth-segQients equal in length, 1^ in. long ; outer oblanceolate, 

 reddish ; inner a little longer, twice as broad, cuneate-unguiculate, 

 yellow. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Favon ! The above description is from Pavon's 

 type-specimen. Lechler's 2141 differs by its lanceolate leaves, and agrees with 

 Herbert's description of B. Turneriana from Santa Fe de Bogota. Columbian 

 specimens from Lobb and Bolivian from Pearce agree substantially with Pavon's. 



51. B. VESTiTA Baker in Engl. Jahrb. 1887, 213. — Stems 

 elongated, sarmentose, very stout, acutely angled, pubescent. 

 Leaves lax, distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, 5-6 in. long, 1^ in. 

 broad, firm in texture, pubescent beneath. Flowers very numerous, 

 arranged in a dense simple umbel 4-5 in. diam. ; bracts about 8, 

 oblanceolate, resembling the outer perianth-segments in shape and 

 texture ; pedicels pubescent, an inch long, not bracteolate. Peri- 

 anth-segments equal in length, 1:^ in. long; outer oblanceolate; 

 inner obovate-unguiculate, |~| in. broad, yellowish red, not spotted. 



Hab. New Granada; Paramo of Ruiz, Antioquia, 8000 — 10,000 ft., 



52. B. Salsilla Herb. Amaryll. 110. AlstrcBmeria Salsilla 

 Linn., non Gawl. A. oculata Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1851 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3341. — Stems elongated, sarmentose, slender, glabrous. Leaves 

 lax, sjjreading, petioled, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 in. 

 long, f-1 in. broad, moderately firm, in texture, glabrous beneath. 

 Umbel 4-15-rayed, compound; bracts small; rays 1-3 in. long, 

 1-3-flowered ; bracteoles small, lanceolate ; lower pedicels ascending, 

 ^-f in. long. Ovary turbinate, glabrous. Perianth-segments equal 

 in length, h in. long, all mauve-purple ; outer oblanceolate-spathu- 

 late ; inner broader, obovate-unguiculate, with a horse-shoe shaped 

 dark zone at the base of the blade. 



Hab. Chili, near Valparaiso, &c. Received alive recently from Mr. Wilson 

 Savmders and Herr Leichtlin. Lechler's plant, named " /?. mwZ?//?om, n. sp." 

 by Crrisebach, is not Mirbel's multijiora, but a form of this species. 



