248 



Ensatae. 



ca; perigonii foliola tula bipollicaris. Caules vix e terra emersi , fertilis V 2 poll- 5 

 cnliAnnfni.mia tiitiarw.ua crassitie calami , foliis basi vaginantibus inclusus v. ex nisce 

 SUOCOniOimidSUDaequa- formatus (? ) ster iiis unus v. alter erecto-adscendens, , teres, 



lia. 



3. Caulescentes. 



1) inferiora squamae- 

 formia, superiora ma- 



gis magisque foliacea 

 (1) confertioraque, linea- 

 ria, acuta ; caulis ferti- 

 lis recumbens curvatus; 

 umbella 10- v. pluriflora, 

 confertissima : pedunculi 

 2 — 3flori ; bracteae invo- 

 lucrantes confertae folia- 

 ceae pedunculis brevio- 

 res ; perigonium circ. 1V 2 



glaucus, apice nudus v. foliis aliquot terminatus). Folia circ^ 

 pollicaria (sessilia, in apice caulis rosulata , erecta , striata, 

 acuta, 2 — 2V 2 '" lata). Perigoniuin laete flavum (in ic. sulfu- 

 reum) , petalis inferne intense fusco-variegatis (foliola erecta 

 v. apice subreflexa , conniventia, lanceolato-obovata , acuta, 

 pollicaria, 3'/2 — &"' lata) : scpala spathulata , petala lanceo- 

 lato-ovalia. Germen foliis occultum. Genitalia recta (peri- 

 gonio breviora),- stylus filamenta aequans, apice curvatus (?) 

 (in specim. sicco) , stigma profunde trifidum. — Planta ad- 

 modum singularis et vix hujus generis. 

 Folia (caulis floriferi saltem) 



97. 24. t. 3. 



2 Alstroemeria recumbens W. H. 1. 



f. 2. (non 1, ut in textu). 



In Peruvid v. Chili ('■)• (Cumming in hh. Lindl., Lamb., Hook.) 



Caulis sterilis deest. (Caulis fertilis arcuato- sursum 



curvatus, basi attenuatus crassitie pennae corvinae, sursum 



ad calami scriptorii volumen incrassatus, longitudinaliter te- 



nuiter striatus , teres (?) siccus pallide et sordide flavescens, 



squamis remotis 2" a se invicem distantibus adpressis apice 



extimo patulis obtusis ovato-triangularibus semipollicaribus 



poll., acuminatum , laete basi 2 l / 2 — 3"' latis instructus , apice foliis confertis erectis 



purpureum, vittis laete linearibus longe acuminatis acutis pallide fuscis , 1— l'/ 2 poll., 



flavis purpureo variega- 1 — l'/ 2 '" latis et umbella terminatus. Pedunculi erecti, stricti, 



tis percursum. filiformes, simplices vel bi — trifidi, bracteis involucrantibus 



dimidio v. duplo longiores , inaequales. Germen turbinato- 



clavatum , glabrum, fuscum , 2 — 3"' longum et crassum. Pe- 



rigonium erectum , foliolis aequalibus et conformibus , ex at- 



tenuata basi Ianceolatis acuminatis acutis 3— 3'/ 2 '" latis. Sta- 



mina filiformia et stylus apice patulo-trifidus albus lgt. pe- 



rigonii , erecta; antherae ovales pallide fuscae 2'" longae 



l'/ 2 '" latae. Ex ic.) 



3.A. quillotensis W. H. 1. c. 97. 26. t. 2. f. 9-12. (in 

 textu f. 2. quod falsum.) 

 Pr. Quillote in Peruvia. (Bridges in hb. Hooh. SzLindl.) 2|<. 

 Caulis fertilis circ. pedalis (teres, crassitie calami, erectus, 

 simplex) inferne squamosus (squamis remotis, 2 — 3" distan- 

 tibus, adpressis j triangulari-ovatis obtusiusculis pallide glau- 

 cis , 4—5'" longis basi 3'" latis , superne sensim crebrioribus 

 et magis approximatis, magisque patentibus et arcuato-incur- 

 vis , in folia oblongo-linearia , obtusa, glabra, sparsa, 4 — 6"' 

 a se invicem distantia, 5 — 8'" longa, l'/ 2 — 2'" lata abeunti- 

 bus. Bracteae involucrantes hisce squamis foliaceis superio- 

 ribus similes , patentes, angustiores , 1 — IV2"' latae , conco- 

 lores, in sicco viridulo-fuscae, scapus pallidissime fuscescenti- 

 flavus, inferne albus. Pedunculi erecti , stricti , teretes, fili- 

 formes, pollicares et ultra, supra medium bifidi, ramo laterali 

 plerumque paulo Iongiore, ad divisuram bracteola patente lan- 

 ceolato-lineari acutiuscula l'/ 2 — 2'" longa instructi. Germen 

 turbinatum, viride 3—4'" longum. Perigonium foliolis erectis 

 inferne unguiculatis et tubuloso-conniventibus apice subpaten- 

 tibus subinfundibuliforme, erectum: sepala obovata acutiuscula 

 paulo breviora, ungue 5'" longo 1— 1'/ 2 lato, lamina fere pol- 

 licari 6'/ 2 '" lata ; petala elliptico - oblonga breve acuminata, 

 ungue 6 r " longo IV4 lato , lamina pollicari 5 — 5'/ 2 '" lata. 

 Stamina perigohio paulo breviora , filiformi-subulata , erecta, 

 apice incurvata; antherae subrotundo-ellipticae , IV2'" longae 

 et latae. 

 0. foliolosa W. H. 1. c. 98.: caule magis folioso. 

 In Buenos Ayres. (Tweedie, in hb. Hooh.) 



(2) longiora linearia gra- 

 cilia ; pedunculi circ. 10 

 pollicares bifloribractea- 

 ti ; flores l'/ 2 — l 3 / 4 poIl., 

 graciles, aurei. 



recurvus. Capsula oblongo - rotunda , acute operculata, 6costata, valVis crustaceis 

 septigeris, axi a basi in 3 partes dehiscente dissilientibus , costarum dimidio inferiore 

 inseparabiliter pedunculo adhaerente. Semina subrotunda, testa tuberculata diffi- 

 culter separabili, hilo laevi, chalaza circulari, endopleura ab albumine corneo inse- 

 parabili. — Character revera difficulter intelligendus, t. 1. f. 1—17. floris et fructi- 

 ficationis partibus e diversis speciebus sumtis illustratus. 



Ad descriptiones Alstroemeriearum abbreviandas perigonii foliola exteriora se- 

 pala, interiora petala vocabo , quamvis haec vocabula perigonii characteri vix 

 respondent. 



