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an inch, a little downy, as well as the germen ; peri- 
anth half an inch (seems orange and green), sepals 
horned. 
I have no knowledge of the fruit of either of the two last 
species, being only acquainted with the specimens of which 
1 have given the outline ; but I venture to predict that, if the 
statement of Ruiz concerning the capsule of the three former, 
which I have no reason to doubt, be correct, the fruit of these 
two will be found indehiscent also. Concerning the first I 
could entertain no doubt; the spiral twist near the top of the 
stem of brevis at first gave me the idea of a Bomarea, but, 
after I had long studied it, I felt assured that it was not. It 
will be observed that all five agree not only in having the 
lower part of the stem scaled and the first leaves smaller, but 
in having the rest alternate, except the two upper, which are 
opposite, a feature that does not occur in Bomarea ; that all 
have short simple peduncles, and secundifolia, which has the 
perianth f of an inch long, is the only one in which it exceeds 
half an inch. As far as we know, they are said to have soli- 
tary stems. The two new species having smooth leaves 
should properly follow distychopliylla, but are placed at the 
end, on account of the want of certain knowledge of their fruit. 
18. Bomarea. — Stalk twining; germen triangularly turbi- 
nate ; segments of the perianth inserted in deciduous 
glands on the germen ; sepals nearly equal, petals 
nearly equal unlike the sepals ; capsule valveless, 
coriaceous, triangularly turbinate, six furrowed, with 
an obtuse opercle, when ripe wrinkled; the dissepi- 
ments entire, the opercle widely dehiscent; seeds ad- 
hering long after maturity, roundish, tapering at one 
end, outer coat soft (perhaps always red or yellow) ; 
middle coat pulpy, inner coat brownish, adhering to 
the horny albumen; umbilicus a little pointed ; raphe 
inconspicuous, chalaza annular on the inner coat, 
scarcely visible on the outer, opposite the foramen ; 
umbilical cord entering the raphe nearly half way 
between them ; (root more or less tuberous ?) 
The style of Bomarea, as far as I know, is tripartible; but 
I have no confidence in the invariability of that feature, 
which is irregular amongst the Narcissece. Salsilla has a 
decided flexion of the filaments, which, if it exists in Hirtella 
and Acutifolia, must be more equivocal ; but we are ac- 
