428 Hill.—The Genus Calt ha in the Southern Hemisphere. 
appendage is further carried forward in its free apical portion over the 
lamina, and forms an erect, wing-like organ. 1 
2 . C. alata, A. W. Hill , species insignis, foliis parvis appendiculis vel aliis 
oblongis obtusis erectis utrinsecus in longum costae mediae exortis. 
Herba perennis, humilis, acaulis, glabra, circiter 2 cm. alta, radice 
elongata carnosa. Folia breviter cordato-sagittata, 6-8 mm. longa et 
lata, obtusa vel retusa, marginibus plus minusve sinuatis, bi-appendi- 
culata vel potius bi-alata ; appendiculae vel alae erectae, oblongae, 
obtusae, utrinsecus in longum costae mediae exortae ; petioli circiter 
t cm. longi, basi in vaginam amplam dilatati. Pedunculi uniflori, crassi, 
circiter 1*5 cm. longi. Perianthiisegmenta 5, ovata vel elliptica, obtusa, 
flava. Stamina numerosa. Carpella plurima, curvata, erecta, in rostro 
Fig. 4. C. alata. 
Weddell 4483. x 3. 
acuto attenuata, plus minusve 6 mm. longa. Semina circiter 6, atro- 
fusca, dorso rotundata.— C. sagittata , Schlecht. in Linnaea, xxvii, 
p. 557 , non Cav. ; Wedd., Chi. And, ii, p. 306, quoad spec. Peruv. et 
Boliv. tantum et figs., PI. lxxxiii B, non Cav. vel Gay; Huth, 
. Abhand. u. Vort. gesammt. Naturwiss., iv, p. 13, quoad spec. Peruv. 
et Boliv. non Cav. 
PERU. Prov. Carabaya (June, July, 1847), H. A. Weddell 4483 in herb. 
Mus. Paris ; Ayapata, Lechler 1953 in herb. Paris, partim in herb. 
Kew. 2 
Bolivia. Andes of La Paz (1855), Mandon 134 in herb. Mus. Paris; 
Dept. La Paz : between Coroico and Lancha ; in marshes, 5,coo m. 
April-May, 1857, Mandon 884 in herb. Paris et Kew. 
Monsieur Gagnepain, who has most kindly examined the specimens 
preserved in the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, and furnished me 
with valuable information, considers Mandon’s specimens, no. 134, are 
1 The drawings of the leaves have been made by Miss M. Smith. 
2 There are two specimens over Lechler’s label at Kew, one of which exactly resembles 
Mandon 884, but the other is quite a large plant very similar to specimens from S. Chile. 
