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Leaves lax, petioled, oblong, acute, 4-6 in. long, 1^-3 in. broad, 

 moderately firm in texture, glabrous. Umbel compound, a foot 

 long ; rays 6-9, simple or 2-4-flowered ; bracts large, leaf-like ; 

 bracteoles lanceolate, an inch long. Ovary turbinate, glabrous. 

 Perianth- segments equal in length, 2 in. long ; outer oblanceolate, 

 ■^ in. broad, pale phik, spotted with claret-brown towards the tip ; 

 inner greenish white, cuneate-unguiculate, |- in. broad, much 

 spotted. Capsule turbinate, 2 in. long, 1 in. diam., with 6 strong 

 ribs. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada. Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Carder, 

 through Mr. W. Bull, in 1876. Described from plants in flower at Kew, 

 November, 1887. 



62. B. Shuttleworthh Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 76, tabs. 

 77&85. — Stems slender, elongated, sarmentose, glabrous. Leaves 

 petioled, oblong, acute, 5-6 in. long. Umbel of 5-10 rays reaching 

 a foot in length, bearing about 3 flowers each on long ascending 

 pedicels ; bracts large, leaty. Ovary turbinate, glabrous. Perianth- 

 segments equal in length, 2 in. long; outer oblanceolate, ^ in. 

 broad, tinged with red ; inner not broader, unguiculate in the 

 lower half, yellow tinged with green, copiously spotted with red- 

 brown. Capsule turbinate, 2 in. long, with 6 strong ribs. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada ; Province of Ocana, alt. 5000 ft., Lehmann 

 3351 ! Introduced into cultivation by Carder in 1882. Pearce 727, with 20—30 

 rays to the umbel, is probably the same species. 



63. B. WiLLiAMsi^ Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 553.— 

 Stems elongated, sarmentose, slender, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, membranous, glabrous. Umbel few-rayed, compound, 

 about 12-flowered ; rays i ft. long. Ovary pubescent. Perianth- 

 segments equal in length, 2 in. long; outer oblanceolate, bright 

 pink, white inside, copiously spotted with dark purple ; inner 

 obovate-unguiculate, whitish green, copiously spotted on the face. 

 Capsule turbinate, 2 in. long. 



Hab. New Granada ; Mt. Quindio. Introduced by Mrs. Rosa Williams in 

 1882, through Messrs. Shuttleworth and Carder. Flowered in 1884 by Mr. 

 Richardson at the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



64. B. Caldasiana Herb. Amaryll. 119. Alstrameria Caldasii 

 H. B. K. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5442. — Stems elongated, sarmentose, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves thin, spreading, oblong, 

 acute, distinctly petioled, 3-6 in. long, 1-1|- in. broad, rather 

 glaucous, glabrous or pubescent beneath. Umble simple, 6-30- 

 Sowered ; bracts many, oblong-lanceolate ; pedicels 1-2 in. long, 

 pilose. Ovary hemispherical, pubescent. Perianth-segments un- 

 equal ; outer oblanceolate, reddish brown, f-1 in. long ; inner ^ in. 

 longer, cuneate-unguiculate, bright yellow. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador and New Granada, alt. 8000—11,000 ft. Intro- 

 duced into cultivation by Messrs. Veitch in 1865. A high mountain form 

 recently received from Messrs. Sander from the Andes of Pasto, in New Granada, 

 has leaves not more than an inch and flowers only | in. long, and we have a 

 similar plant from Costa Rica from Mr. Sherring. 



65. B. Kalbreyeri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 204; Andre in 

 Rev. Hort. 1883, 516, with figure. — Stems elongated, sarmentose, 



