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lanceolate bractes at tlieir base ; perianth smooth, 
not half an inch long ; sepals oblong, obtuse, scar- 
let, paler witbin; petals slenderer, yellow with rusty 
spots ; filaments shorter. “ This plant is found 
also on Chimborazo and on the ridge of Assuay.” 
Jamieson MS. Found by Humboldt on the slopes 
ofPachincha, between Palmacucha and the spring 
of Cantuna. 
4. A ndimarcana. — PI. 8. fig. 1 . Specim. Matthews, Peru, 
1164. Herb. Hook. Stalk smooth; leaves nume- 
rous, 4 inches long, scarcely § wide ; margin re- 
flex, attenuated at both ends, acute (probably 
glaucous), with thick white down underneath ; two 
broader involucral leaves; peduncles three, 1-2 
flowered ; common peduncle strong, bearing a 
lanceolate bracte 1^ long, secondary slender; pe- 
rianth 1-| long, sepals oblong, seemingly red tipped 
with green, about § wide ; sepals spatulate, yellower 
tipped with green ; anthers just exceeding the limb, 
style a little longer ; stigma very little cleft. Found 
in July on the lofty mountains of Andimarca. 
5. Puberula. — PI. 11. fig. 1. Specim. Matthews, Peru, 
1165. Herb. Hooker. Stalk downy; leaves nume- 
rous, suberect, paler underneath ; downy on both 
sides, margins reflex, 3-4 long or more, about 3-16ths 
wide, acute; involucral leaves wider ; peduncles 5, 
slender, 2-3 flowered, with a lanceolate bracte at 
the fork ; perianth an inch long, sepals oblong, ^ 
wide, seemingly red with a green tip, yellow 
within ; petals yellower with more green at the 
end ; style and filaments shorter than the perianth. 
Var. 2. Acicularis. — PI. 2. fig. 2. Spec. Matthews, Peru, 
1165. No. 2. Herb. Hooker. Leaves 2^-3 inches 
long, scarcely a line wide ; peduncles 2, 2-flowered. 
Both were found in July on the high mountains of Andi- 
marca. 
It is much to be lamented that seeds of the Collanias, as 
well as numerous species of splendid Bomareas which are 
herein described, have not been gathered by collectors, and 
remitted to Europe ; most of them would live out of doors in 
England with a little covering in winter of sawdust, leaves, 
or ashes, and probably in the south of Europe would require 
