BOMAREA 



THE BULB BOOK 



BONGARDIA 



pencilled with red (Gard. Chron. 1905, 

 xxxvii. 350). 



There are several varieties, such as 

 chontalensis, with pale yellowish- 

 green inner segments (Bot. Mag. t. 

 5927) ; ovata, with broader leaves and 

 larger flowers (Bot. Mag. t. 2846); 

 and cnrnuta, which has the outer 



FIG. 72. Bomarea Carderi. (J.) 



floral segments furnished with a 

 distinct spur at the apex. There are 

 many other forms which Mr Baker in 

 his Handbook of the Amaryllidece says 

 he cannot distinguish specifically. 



B. ffondea. This is closely related 

 to B. Caldasiana, and is found at 

 altitudes of 8000 to 10,000 ft. on the 

 Andes of Colombia. The leaves are 

 4 to 5 ins. long, and the flowers, borne 

 in dense umbels, are reddish-brown, 

 with bright yellow, heavily spotted 

 inner segments. (Gard. Chron. xvii. 

 n.s. 699, f.) 



B. Kalbreyeri. This also comes 

 from the Andes of Colombia (9000 to 

 10,000 ft.), and is close to B. Calda- 

 siana. The flowers are reddish- 

 brown outside, the inner segments 



being bright yellow, spotted with 

 claret-brown. (Rev. Hort. 1883, 516, f.) 



B. oligantha. A native of the 

 Peruvian Andes, having flowers dull 

 red outside, the inner segments bright 

 yellow, spotted with claret-brown. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 648). 



B. patacocensis (B. conferta). A 

 native of the Andes of Ecuador and 

 Colombia, with huge clusters of bright 

 red flowers, the inner segments having 

 a yellow keel and a few spots (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 6692; Gard. Chron. 1882, 

 186, f. 31). 



Fi'i. 73. Bomarea patococensis. (J.) 



B. Shuttleworthi. A fine species 

 from the Andes of Colombia, with 

 oblong acute leaves 5 to 6 ins. long, 

 and flowers red outside, yellow tinged 

 with green within, and copiously 

 spotted with red brown (Gard. Chron. 

 1882, i. 76, 77, 85). 



B. vitellina. A Colombian species 

 with ovate oblong leaves 3 to 4 ins. 

 long, and bright orange-yellow flowers. 



BONGARDIA(af ter Hdnrich Gustav 

 Bongard, a German botanist). Nat. 

 Ord. Berberidese. The only species, 



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