262 ON THE BRASILIAN SPECIES OF ALSTROMERIA. 
limb funnel-shaped, 14 inch long, the segments oblanceolate-spathulate, 
the three outer ones obtuse, } inch broad ; the three inner rather longer 
and more acute, 4 inch broad, much spotted with red-purple. Geni- 
talia included ; anthers broad-oblong, under a line long. Barren stem — 
"narrower, and more acute. Longer stamens as long as the perianth. 
Barren stem 2 feet long, bearing about 20 scattered oblanceolate 
leaves throughout the upper half, which are 3-4 inches long, nearly an 
inch broad above the middle, subobtuse, narrowed gradually from the 
middle to a winged twisted petiole, subcoriaceous in texture, glabrous 
on both surfaces, rather glaucous beneath, with about five prominently 
snipe ribs. Hills near the city of Goyaz, Burchell, 6883-2, 
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162 Sellowiana, Seubert. 
17. A. brasiliensis, Spreng. 
18, 
19. A, samioides, Baker, n.sp. Flowering-stem 3-4 feet long, 
stout, stiff, glabrous, with only a few scattered, linear, sessile, rigidly 
coriaceous leaves 2-3 inches long. Umbel of about half-a-dozen rays 
smaller leaves. Perianth-limb 1} inch long, all the segments oblan- 
ceolate-spathulate, furnished with many linear-oblong spots of bright 
8 specimens. Goyaz, in shady places on the Serra 
Natividade, Gardner, 4009, aS ee 
