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the limb. Found near Chillo in the province of 
Quito. 
5. Breviflorum. — PI. 28. f. 7. lb. Specim. Herb. Lindl. 
Herb. Hooker. Matthews, 657. Spec. nov. ex Tar- 
ma Peru vise mense Jul. floribus 7-8 roseis, foliis 
nondum natis. Scapo 10 unc. spatha 2-unc. pedunc. 
inaequal. f-1^ unc. perianthio 1^ unc. roseo, stylo 
vix limbum superante. Seven or eight rose-coloured 
flowers lj inch long. 
6. Coccineum. — PI. 28. f. 5. Panel*, coccin. Flor. Per. 
3. 54. 2853. Ex Tarma Peruviae ; floribus coccineis, 
perianthio biunc. graciliore; spatha graciliore ; fila- 
mentis limbum superante, stylo longiore. Cocci- 
neum has a slenderer spathe, fewer flowers, scarlet, 
slenderer and longer than Breviflorum. In the dry 
specimens it looks almost like a Phycella. 
I am not without suspicion that Ruiz has made a great 
error concerning his P. coccineum, and that the figure in the 
Flor. Per. is a representation of his specimen labelled P. 
rubrum, and his specimen of coccineum a Phycella, allied to 
graciliflora. It does not seem likely that the artist through 
inaccuracy should have so varied from the truth, as to give 
precisely the usual shape of the flower of Stenomesson, of 
which he had no knowledge, when the specimen departs from 
it : wherefore I think he must have copied rubrum, of which 
the plate is a fair representation. If my suspicion should 
prove correct, rubrum will be to be erased. The confusion 
will probably have in some degree extended to the text. 
7. Rubrum. — PI. 28. f. 6. Specim. Ruiz. Herb. Lam- 
bert. Floribus quinque, pedunculis fere aequal. 
unc. perianthio rectiore, rubro, latiore, 1^ unc. fila- 
mentis limbum superantibus, stylo longiore. This 
plant has in the specimen (perhaps not in fact) 
the flowers straighter and more erect than usual, 
the flowers large and red. 
8 ? Croceum. — PI. 28. f. 4. Specim. Dombey Herb. 
Soc. Linn. Pane, croceum. Redoute lil. 187. Si 
tides iconi adhibenda est, a flavo foliis praecipue et 
stylo breviore distinguenda ; pessime depicta, et 
flavi forsan var. certe non coccineum neque auran- 
tiacum. Dombey s specimen is certainly the same 
as Redoute’s plant, and it looks different from flavum. 
