BOMAEEA 



THE BULB BOOK 



BONGAEDIA 



pencilled with red (Gard. Chron. 1905, 

 xxxvii. 350). 



There are several varieties, such as 

 chontalensis, with pale yeUowish- 

 green inner segments {Bot. Mag. t. 

 5927) ; ovata, with broader leaves and 

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

 and crtrnuta, which has the outer 



¥iG.12.—BomareaCarden. (J.) 



floral segments furnished with a 

 distinct spur at the apex. There are 

 many other forms which Mr Baker in 

 his Handbook of the ATnaryllidem says 

 he cannot distinguish specifically.i 



B. ft'ondea. — 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. ollgantha. — 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; Oard. Chron. 1882, 

 186, f. 31). 



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Pin. 7S.—Bomarea patacocensis. (i.) 



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. vlteliina.— A Colombian species 

 with ovate oblong leaves 3 to 4 ins. 

 long, and bright orange-yellow flowers. 



BONGARDlA(af ter Heinrich Gmtav 

 Bongard, a German botanist). Nat. 

 Ord. Berberidese.— The only species, 



