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AMARYLLIBACEiE. 
style downy. In temperate situations near Alan- 
gasi, Piso, and Chillo of the province of Quito. 
R. Leaves downy , flowers large, crowded. 
38. Pardina. — PI. 14. fig. 1. Spec. Col. Hall. 19. Herb. 
Hooker. Leaves thickly pubescent underneath, 
lance-oval, spirally acuminate, 2 \ inches long or 
more, 1 or more wide on the upper part of the stem 
(inferior leaves unknown) ; peduncles about 20, f 
long ; involucral bractes, two outer leaf-like, interior 
filiform; sepals If long, petals richly spotted near 
2i long. Found at Patacocha on the western 
declivity of the Andes, at an elevation of 6000 feet. 
A superb species. 
39. Patacocensis. — PI. 14. fig. 3. Spec. Col. Hall. 
Herb. Hook. Stalk a little downy ; leaves lanceo- 
late, lj inches long, ^ wide, frequent near the 
summit; involucral bractes broader, few ; peduncles 
slender, 30 or more, 2 inches long or more, naked ; 
germen small, downy; sepals an inch and 3-16ths, 
narrow, obtuse, about 3-16ths wide; petals about an 
inch and 9-lGths long, half an inch wide upwards, 
spatulate ; longest filaments nearly as long as the 
petals. Perianth seemingly reddish yellow? sepals 
rather redder? a green spot at the pointof the petals? 
Another magnificent plant also from Patacocha at 
the same elevation. 
S. Leaves downy, flowers large, flowers few. 
40. Lutea. — PI. 5. fig. 3. Spec. Col. Hall, 14, No. 4. 
Herb. Hooker. Stalk downy ; leaves upwards 2- 
long, not \ wide, lanceolate, very little pubescence ; 
involucral bractes near an inch long, narrow, 
downy ; a bracte above half an inch long, downy 
near the middle; germen downy; perianth (“bright 
yellow,” Col. Hall.) segments with darker longitu- 
dinal stripe ; sepals narrower about 1 4 inch long, 
petals near two inches, above half an inch wide 
upwmrds. A beautiful species found by the road 
to Mindo on the western declivity of the Andes at 
an elevation of 9000 feet. 
The greater part of these beautiful plants are natives of 
elevated situations and dislike a high temperature. They 
will be found to thrive best out of doors in this country in 
