SE tits Vea ee he A 
ICONES PLANTARUM. 69 
Han. Barren plains of Natal, Rev. J. Buchanan. 
Bulbus globosus 1 poll. diam., tunicis pallidis membranaceis circiter 
collum 1-2 poll. longum productis. Foliaignota. Peduneulus brevis- 
simus. Spatha membranacea cylindrica 1 poll. longa apice fissa. 
Perianthii tubus gracilis cylindricus 15-2-pollicaris: limbi segmenta 
pallide rubella 18 lin. longa 2-3 lin. late subtiliter multinervata supra 
medium ad basin sensim attenuata. Anthere albide lanceolate 3 lin. 
longs, 3 ad tubi faucem subsessiles, 3 supra basin segmentorum 
inserte, filamentis filiformibus antheris subeequildngis. Stylus fili- 
formis ex tubi got vaya exsertus, stigmate capitato, obscure 
trilobato.—J. G. B 
Fig. 1. Flower cut open, shewing segments and upper half of tube, nat. size. 
2. Anthers. 3. Stigma and upper part of style, enlarged. 
PLATE 1389. 
LEONTOCHIR OVALLEI, Phil. 
AMARYLLIDEA, Tribe ALSTREMERIES. 
L. Ovallei, Philippi, Descr. Nuev. Pl. ii. (1873), 69, single species. 
Has. Chili, rather common about El Huasco, Carrizal and other 
parts oi the — of Atacames, where it is known by the name of 
© Goaeation, poe ies 
Fibre radicales fasciculate, irregulariter tuberculose. Caulis 
erectus, subflexuosus, simplex, sub-2-pedalis, undique foliatns, uti tota 
planta glaber. Folia sparsa, ee at Sopra patentia v. 
reflexa, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, bas in petiolum brevissimum 
tortum contracta, majora pollicaria, superiora gradatim minora, 
summa interdum ad squamas breves reducta. Umbella terminalis, 
fere in capitulum condensata, floribus in recep o crassiusculo 
‘ -cellati Cs ckairlas 
ig ‘ 
mibus alternis paullo latioribus. Stylus cha acoemmal 3 
brevibus patentibus. Ovariwm inferum, 1-loculare, placentis 3 parie- 
