Another beautiful species of Alstroemeria is here represent- 
ed, which flowered in the stove of our Botanic Garden at the 
same time with, and was derived from the same source as, the Al- 
stroemeria pulchella ; the native place of growth of both being 
Chili, whence their seeds were sent to us by Mr Cruikshanks. 
The present plant was unfortunately a weak one, and in all 
probability the umbel would have had a very different appear- 
ance, if the individual had been more vigorous. I am quite 
at a loss to refer it to any described species, and have therefore 
affixed to it a name indicative of the three distinct colors of its 
perianth. 
The general structure of the inflorescence is very similar to 
that of A. pulchella, but the color is widely different, and it 
has all the segments of its perianth equally serrated, with the 
two inner ones short in proportion to the outer ones, and the 
lowermost of these latter smaller than the other. 
Fig. 1. Summit of a plants natural size. Fig. 2. Flower deprived of its pe- 
rianth. Fig. 3. Superior leaflet of the perianth. Fig. 4. One of the late- 
ral leaflets. Fig. 5. Inferior ditto. Fig. 6.. One of the inner leaflets,— 
slightly magnified. 
