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A MARY LLTDACEjE. 
This magnificent plant is said to produce an umbel 
with from 36 to 80 flowers, of a purplish red and 
yellow, the petals being richly spotted. The stalk 
grows 12 feet high, and the leaves are an inch wide 
and very acute. It grows in the woods of the Pe- 
ruvian Andes near Munna. 
D. Leaves smooth , flowers large , umbel loose. 
5. Pauciflora. — H. and B. Kunth, 3. 285. Leaves scat- 
tered, acuminate, two inches long or more, one 
wide ; petioles three lines, peduncles four, 4-5 
inches long, 2-3-flowered ; bractes lanceolate, not 
an inch; sepals two inches (purple?) petals 
orange ? Near Santa Fe de Bogota on the slopes 
of Mount St. Quadalupe. 
E. Leaves pubescent , flowers about an inch , umbel loose. 
6. Bracteata. — PI. 3. f. 3. Specim. Ruiz, Herb. Lambert. 
Alst. bracteata, Flor. Per. 3. 61. t. 291. The 
figure in the FI. Per. is very incorrect and greatly 
exaggerated in size, on which account I have given 
an exact outline of a portion of Ruiz’s own speci- 
men. Involucral bractes five, lanceolate ; leaves 
lanceolate with a spiral point ; peduncles five, 
long, 2-3-flowered, bracteate ; sepals purple tip- 
ped with green, petals spatulate, green speckled 
with purple, yellow at the base. In the woods of 
Huassahuassi, Peru. 
7. Acutifolia. — Bot. Mag. 58. 3050. Leaves slightly 
haired on the nerves beneath, lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, half an inch wide or more; peduncles 1-2- 
flowered ; sepals red, petals orange. Mexico. 
8. Obovata. — PI. 14. fig. 2. Spec. Col. Hall, 7. Herb. 
Hooker. “ Road of Angus, Peru, at the height of 
4000 feet; flowers crimson.” Perianth 1| inch, 
sepals crimson; petals spotted, some tipped with 
green ; involucral bractes lanceolate, acuminate, 
3^ inches long, near an inch wide, lesser 2| inches 
wide ; peduncles 8 inches long, 4-flowered, brac- 
teate at the forks. The leaves and rest of the 
umbel are wanting. 
9. Hirtella. — Sweet, Brit. FI. g. 228. H. and B. Kunth, 
3. 284. Gloriosa, Deppe et Schiede ap. Schlecht 
