A MARY LLTDACEiE. 
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neck; leaves half ail inch wide, about 10 long-, 
rather obtuse ; scape rising in the centre shorter ; 
spathe very large, purple, slit on one side, near 
4 inches long; peduncles 3, unequal, lf-4J long; 
colour of the flower between purple and yellow ; 
style scarcely longer than the filaments. 
This plant is evidently of a genus quite distinct from any 
other that is known, and differs widely in bulb and foliage, 
as well as in flower, fruit, and habit, from Stenomesson and 
Leperiza, with which Mr. Ker wished to unite it. It is 
much more nearly allied to Coburghia. 
49. Coburghia. — Bulb ovate ; germen ovate, 3-furrowed ; 
tube bent, cylindrical ; subventricosely enlarged ; 
limb shorter than the tube, equal, half open, cernu- 
ous ; filaments nearly equal, a little conniving, con- 
nected by a tubular cup ; anthers erect; style a little 
recurved; stigma obtuse, triangular ; capsule erect; 
oblong, triangular, 3-lobed, 3-celled, 3-valved ; seeds 
black. 
1. Incarnata. — Sweet Br. fl. g. s. 2. 17. Pane, incarn. 
Kunth. nov. gen. 1. 223. Leaves thick, glaucous, 
obtuse ; peduncles short ; flowers under 5 inches, 
crimson, with a green spot on each segment ; cup 
campanulate, 12-toothed ; style equal to the fila- 
ments, shorter than the limb. From Quito, on 
the banks of the river Machangara. The bulb is 
larger, the leaves larger, and less obtuse than in 
Trichroma. 
2. Trichroma. —Pane, trichromum. Nov. veg. d. De 
la Llave et Lexarza. fasc. 1. Leaves thick, glau- 
cous, obtuse ; scape a little longer, 5-flowered ; 
flowers near 3 inches ; tube 2 inches, enlarged, 
furrowed, light red ; segments ovate, suberect, with 
an oblong ovate spot, white within, green without, 
lined with green ; sepals hooked, petals acute ; cup 
very short, with green-tipped teeth ; filaments 
erect, much longer ; anthers linear, erect, after 
inversion versatile. Cultivated in pots with great 
care at Mexico, where it flowers at various seasons. 
Native habitation not recorded. 
3. Variegata. — Pane, varieg. Flor. Peruv. 3. 55. Leaves 
thick, glaucous ; spathe with 2 outer valves, and 
