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AMARYLLIDACE^E. 
petiole | long ; involucral bractes four, conformable, 
smaller ; peduncles five, 3 inches long, bracteate at 
the fork and below the secondary flower, therefore 
probably occasionally three-flowered; perianth 1^- 
long, seemingly yellowish red and green ; petals 
scarcely ± wide. — Ovata ? Bot. Mag. see Hirtella. 
Var. 3. Nobilis. — PI. 15. f. 2. Specim. Culb. Herb. 
Hooker. Leaves 4| long, wide, ovate, acumi- 
nate, bractes four, conformable, smaller ; peduncles 
5^ long, two-flowered, bracteate at the fork and on 
the secondary peduncle; perianth 1^ long, petals 
above wide ; sepals seemingly reddish yellow, 
petals yellowish green ; approaches to cordifolia. 
14. Macrocarpa. — Flor. Peruv. 3. 63. t. 294. Pillao in 
Peru. Spec. Matthews, Herb. Hooker, 483. At the 
roots of bushes. Huamantanga, Peru. April. Spec. 
Matth. Herb. Lindl. Leaves a palm long, an inch 
wide (in the specimens about three inches long, 
^ wide, lanceolate, acuminate); peduncles 6-18, 
(in the spec, four, 2-3-flowered) ; bractes small; 
perianth an inch (in the spec. 3-4ths); yellowish red. 
The leaves are more crowded and much less ovate 
than in the three foregoing ; the sepals seem much 
redder, the petals more spatulate, speckled at the 
edge. 
15. Hirsuta. — H. and B. Kuntli, 3. 285. Leaves sparse, 
acuminate, paler underneath and hirsute, 4 inches 
long and more, 1J wide ; petioles half inch ; peri- 
anth crimson, sepals obtuse, 7 lines ; petals longer, 
not an inch. On the woody mountains of New 
Granada, between Fusagasuga and Icononzo. 
16. Cornuta. — PI. 17. f. 4. Specim. Matthews, 1161. 
Mount Parahuanca, Peru, July; Herb. Hooker. 
Upper leaves subsessile, 5| inches long, 1| wide; 
a harsh down on the nerves underneath ; a slender 
setaceous point; involucral bractes conformable, 
shorter; peduncles five, 9-10 inches long, brac- 
teate at the fork 6-7 inches from the base, 3-4 
flowered ; bracte an inch or more, narrow ; peri- 
anth an inch long, (apparently dark red ?) sepals 
ending with a horn \ of an inch long, petals with 
a bristle. 
