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to have shown very httle variation. Hence it appears as though 

 hundreds " of H. Forgetii were gathered, and only a few of 

 H. pardinum tricolor. Mr. Louis Forget gathered these bulbs himself, 

 near Cuzco, on September 23, 1909. 



Description and Comparison. 

 H. Forgetii 



Eather small. 



3 inches long. 



6, contemporaneous with inflores- 

 cence, lanceolate-tipped, dull light 

 green, ruddy on back. Ultimately 

 2 feet long by I5 inch maximum 

 width. 



Two-flowered, slender, about 2 feet 

 high. 



3 inches long = the spathe-valves. 



Stellate with the general colouring 

 of H. rutilum, dull crimson dis- 

 tinctly keeled in the lower half 

 with a green keel. Base green. 

 Span 6 inches by 5| inches 

 horizontally. Limb 4^ inches. 

 Scentless. 



The 3 outer slightly incurved at the 

 apices, 4 inches long by 1 inch 

 maximum width, the inner 

 slightly narrower, the lowest 3| 

 inches long by f inch maximum 

 width. 



Under |- inch long, otherwise same 

 as in H. jpardinum tricolor. 



Contiguous, very little if at all ex- 

 serted. 



Yellow. 



Exserted ^ inch beyond the lowest 

 segment. 



Three lobed. 



Sub-triquetous. Ovules normally 

 seated, about 75 in all (25 in each 

 row). 



H. ^ardinum tricolor* 

 Kather small. 



3| inches long, with rough tunics. 



5, contemporaneous with inflores- 

 cence, not then fully grown but 

 already nearly 2 feet long by If 

 inch maximum width, deeply 

 channelled below, deep shining 

 green. 



Two-flowered, 2| feet high, slender. 



2 inches long, shorter than spathe- 

 valves. 



General resemblance to 11. tricolor 

 of Rev. Dombrain [in Flor. Mag., 

 344] but regularly tricolored rather 

 than variegated with irregular red 

 splashes ; widely expanded with 

 slightly drooping pose ; scentless. 



The 3 outer much longer than the 

 rest, the lowest inner the shortest 

 of all. Outer segments, 4 inches 

 long by 1| inch to 2 inches 

 maximum width ; inner segments, 

 3^ inches long by 1| inch wide, 

 the lowest inner segment only Sc- 

 inches long by less than 1| inch 

 wide. 



I inch long completely closed by the 

 incurved bases of the stamens, 

 the throat bearded by tufts of 

 white hairs | inch long growing 

 on an obscure green corona. 



Somewhat spreading, exserted about 

 an inch. 



Very scanty and apparently im- 

 perfect. 



Longer than the stamens and ex- 

 serted fully If inch beyond the 

 lowest segment. 



Obscurely capitate, simple. 



Sub-triquetous. Ovules normally 

 seated, about 90 in all (30 in each 

 row). 



* Note on colour-markings of H. pai'dimim tricolor. — The exceptional coloration of 

 the flowers is due to the parti-coloured ground upon which the chequered markings 



