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in Reich. Consp. p. 212. Phyganthus vernus, Pópp., Nov. Gen. ii. 71, tab. 200.— 
Foliis radicalibus, solitariis, vel 2 imo laxe vaginantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, sensim 
acumnatis, crebre parallelim nervosis cum venis scalariformibus, canaliculatis, costa 
media carinatis, ad margines sæpe undulatis; scapo folio breviore, tereti, recto, sepe 
l-floro, et tune medio alternatim 3-bracteato, aut 2-3-floro, pedicellis longiusculis, 
imo bracteola minuta membranacea munitis ; floribus lete azureis vel cæruleis, sub- 
cernuis.—In Chile prov. centralibus: v. v. ad Concon. 
Plant 4-8 inches high: root bulbous, } inch in diameter, covered with a thick fibrous 
tunic; the portion of the stem (4 inches) below the ground is covered by a lax membrana- 
ceous sheath, above which is a single radical leaf, vaginant at base, 4-7 inches long, 
+ inch broad; the scape is slender, 3-6 inches long, sometimes bearing only a solitary 
flower, in which case it has three small alternate bracts, showing it to be normally 
9—4-flowered, and it often produces three pedicellated flowers, each 6-7 lines long. 
The tube of the perianth is bluish green ; its segments, three times as long, are of a light 
azure blue, striated, the nearly apical curved mucronate spurs are greenish and } line 
long: the yellowish fertile filaments ‡ line long, the bright yellow anthers 4 line; the 
sterile filaments, of a dark purple colour, are compressed, 1} line long: the capsule 
8 lines long, 8 lines in diameter; its three apical valves 2 lines long, open as far as the 
transverse cicatrical line. The plant flowers in November and December. 
2. TECOPHILEA ALBIDA, nob. Folio lanceolato sensim acuminato, apice longe mucronato, 
imo vaginato, striato-nervoso, margine undulato; scapo ssepius 1-floro, longiusculo, 
folio vix breviore; flore minore, albido, calearibus segmentorum brevioribus.—In 
. Chile, v. v. ad Concon. 
Plant 7-8 inches high; radical leaf 6-7 inches long, 4-7 lines broad; scape 4—5 inches 
long; flower 4 lines long, the spurs of the external segments } line long; perianth always 
white with a faint tinge of blue. 
3. TECOPHILEA CYANEO-CROCEA, Leyb. Seem. Journ. i. 10. Foliis binis, radicalibus (cum 
vagina tertii delapsi), lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, marginibus undulatis, striato- 
nervosis, subtus ad costam carinatis ; floribus pedicellatis, 1-2, folio triente breviori- 
bus, paulo supra basin enatis, flore magno, pedicello sequilongo ; tubo_cylindrico, 
brevi, segmentis imo subcampanulatis, ellipticis, subacutis, apice patentibus, atro- 
ceeruleis, 2 superioribus albo pictis—In Andibus Chilensibus (Paso de la Dehesa ad 
Piuquenes). 
From Dr. Leybóld's drawing of this plant, kindly lent to me by Dr. Seemann, the 
following partieulars have been obtained -—The bulbo-tuber, $ inch diameter, grows 
3 inches below the surface; the radicular leaves are 2} inches long, l inch broad; it 
has scarcely any scape; the slender pedicels, 10-15 lines long, spring from near the 
ground : the flowers are 14 inch long; the tube, 3 lines long, is pale blue or lilac ; the seg- 
ments 14 lines long, 34—44 lines broad, are dark purple, growing paler as they wither ; 
the three outer segments have very short mucronate points ; the style, as long as the 
Stamens, is terminated by three short fimbriated stigmata; the ovary trigonous, } supe- 
