BOMAREA. 156 * ,^ 



cannot distinguish specifically J?, caraccemis, paucijlora, bracteata, ohovata, ' -. 



Moritziana, latifolia, (/randifolia, macrocarpa, a.nd jJunctata of Herbert, i?. £).lr?e«Ai*«Ui«, 

 Moritziana Klotzsch, li. miniata and ajffinis Kunth, and B. Brauniana, specta-// i^« 



hilis, ScJieiikiana, Martia)ia,ja,n(]i Sf.ihilloides Seubert. ^fei!i B.^'^^ifft^ Kyii'iniA (Cav>o» Co 



57. 13. JACQUESIANA Kuiitli, JiiiiLim. V. 800. Wstrcsniena Jacques- 

 iana Van Houtte Flore des Serres, t. 182. — Stems elongated, 

 glabrous, sarmentose, dark brown. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 oblong, acute, 4-6 in. long, 2 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, 

 glabrous beneath. Umbel drooping, G-12-rayed ; bracts large, 

 leaf-like ; rays reach a foot or more long, 1-3-flowered ; bracteoles 

 small, lanceolate. Ovary turbinate, glabrous. Perianth-segments 

 equal in length, l:]-2 in. long; outer oblong-spathulate, bright 

 pink, spotted only towards the edge; inner not broader, unguiculate 

 in the lower half, greenish white, spotted all over the blade. Cap- 

 sule turbinate, 2^ in. long, with 6 strong ribs. 



Hab. Brazil. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1875. 

 Allied to B. edulis. 



58. B. DiFFRACTA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 206. — Stems 

 elongated, sarmentose, slender, glabrous. Leaves lax, distinctly 

 petioled, oblong, acuminate, 6-8 in. long, 2 in. broad, thin in 

 texture, green and glabrous beneath. Umbel of two racemose 

 forks a foot long, bearing each 3-5 flowers on short or long 

 ascending pedicels ; bracteoles small, lanceolate. Perianth-seg- 

 ments equal in length. If in. long ; outer oblanceolate, pink, tipped 

 with green ; inner greenish, oblong, with a long claw, spotted all 

 over the face. 



Hab. Central Cordillera of New Granada, Andre 2310! Candinamarca , 

 alt. GOOO— 7000 ft., Lelimann 2499 ! 



59. B. Herbertiana Baker. B, formosissima Herb, et Bentli. 

 excl. syn. Kuiz et Pav. — Stems stout, elongated, sarmentose, 

 glabrous. Leaves lax, petioled, oblong, acuminate, 5-6 in. long, 

 moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous beneath. Umbel of 

 12-16 rays half a foot long, bearing each 2-3 flowers near the end ; 

 bracts many, small, foliaceous; pedicels short, ascending, pubescent. 

 Perianth-segments equal in length, 1| in. long; outer obovate- 

 cuneate, f in. broad; inner obovate-unguiculate, copiously spotted 

 with claret- brown. 



Hab. Andes of Bogota, Hartweg ! Mark ! This is quite different from the 

 Peruvian B. formosissima, figured Fl. Peruv. t. 296. 



60. B. Kranzlinh Baker in Engl. Jahrb. 1887, 213. — Stems 

 elongated, slender, sarmentose, terete, glabrous. Leaves lax, 

 petioled, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 4-5 in. long. Umbel of 

 3-4 slender arcuate rays 4-9 in. long, bearing usually 2 flowers 

 each ; bracts small. Ovary deeply sulcate, glabrous. Perianth- 

 segments equal in length, 1^-1 f in. long ; outer segments 

 oblanceolate, reddish, | in. broad ; inner obovate-unguiculate, 

 greenish yellow, copiously spotted with claret-brown. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada ; Antioquia and Cauca, alt. 7000—8000 ft., 

 Lehmann 2921 ! Kalbreyer 1462 ! 



61. B. Carderi Masters in Gard. Chron. 1876, i. 795, fig. 143; 

 Floral Mag. n. s. t. 239. — Stems elongated, sarmentose, glabrous. 



