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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
2. Mrs. Graham. Rio. 7. upper sepal. 8. lateral petal. 9. Alstr. 
Quillotensis, Herb. Hooker. 10. sepal. Herb. Lindl. 11. petal. 
12. stamens ib. 
PLATE III. 
1. Alstr. angustifolia, var. conferta. 2. Alstr. recumbens. Do. 
petal, sepal, and filaments. Herb. Lindl. 3. Bomarea bracteata. 
Ruiz, specimen. Herb. Lamb. 4. Alstr. peregrina, var. albescens. 
Herb. Hooker. Gumming 568 Valparaiso; petal, and leaf. 
PLATE IV. 
1. Alstr. pulchella. Herb. Banks. Brazil. Spec, gathered by Sir 
J . Banks, name in Dryander’s writing. 2. Alstr. angustifolia, var. 
Solliana. Herb. Lindl. 3. Do. var. acuminata Herb. Hooker, ver- 
sicolor, Martius. 4. Bomarea macrocarpa Matthews 483. Herb. 
Hooker. 
PLATE V. 
1. Alstr. subrosulacea. Macrae, Valparaiso. Herb. Lindl. fertile 
stem. 2. sterile stem. 3. Bomarea Lutea. Herb. Hooker. 4. 
petal. 5. sepal. 
PLATE VI. 
1. Bomarea superba. Herb. Hook. 2. sepal. 3. petal. 4. 
Alstr. Isabellana. Herb. Hook. 5. lateral sepal. 6. lateral petal. 
PLATE VII. 
1. Collania dulcis, immature fruit and style. Herb. Hook. 
Matthews 864. 2. four-flowered specimen and tuber. 3. Collania 
dulcis Herb. Lindl. 4. 5. 6. Do. Cruikshanks. Herb. Lindl. 7. 
outline with fruit by Matthews. 8. Collania dulcis. Herb. Hooker. 
9. Alstr. revoluta. Ruiz specim. Herb. Lamb. 
PLATE VIII. 
1. Collania Andimarcana Herb. Hooker. 2. sepal (orange?) 
3. petal paler tipped with green. 4. Alstr. pygmaea. Herb. Hooker. 
5. stamen. 6. style. 7 — 13. Matthews’s outlines, seemingly too 
large. 8. Do. stamen. 9. germen shewing the ovules. 10. entire 
plant. 11. flower. 12. petal. 13. sepal. 
PLATE IX. 
Collania involucrosa. Herb. Hooker. 1. sepal. 2. petal. 3. 
germen in an advanced state, and style. 3. 4,. germen and style, 
Matthews’ outline. 5. stamen. 6. stamen immature. 7. point of 
sepal, Matthews’ seemingly too large. 8. point of petal do. 9. 
Coll, involucrosa. Herb. Lindl. 
PLATE X. 
1. Collania glaucescens. Herb. Hooker. Paramo of Cayambe. 
2. with immature fruit. 3. Bomarea Halliana. Patacocha. Herb. 
Hooker. 4. Bomarea cornigera, var. Matth. 1659. Herb. Lindl. 
4. one-flowered peduncles. 
