bus, scapo tereti, floribus mutantibus, laciniis oblongis, acutis, patulis, coronæ sinubus repandis. Kunth nov. gen. et spec. nov. orb. 1. 223.

Scapus erectus, subpedalis. Spatha 3-4-valvis, arida, reflexa. Flores pedunculati, nutantes, 14-15 lineas longi. Pedunculi unciales v. sesquiunciales. Corolla infundibuliformis, clavata, aurantiaca; tubo cylindrico supernè dilatato, laciniis limbi oblongis, acutis, subæqualibus. Stamina limbo breviora; filamenta subulata inferne membranacea connata: antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, polline saffraneo. Germen oblongum, 3-quetrum. Stylus corollam superans: stigma simplex, subcapitatum. Capsula ovata, 3-gona, polysperma ; semina minuta. PANCRATIO croceo Redoutai proximum differt structurâ coronæ si ea ritè depicta. Kunth, Patria: Quito; propè Chillo.

28. flavum. P. multiflorum; staminibus corolla longioribus, tubo coarctato, laciniis limbi reflexis.

Bulbus subglobosus. Scapus subteres, sesquipedalis. Folia posteriora floribus, linearia, paulò breviora scapo, 3 lineas lata. Spatha 5-9-flora foliolis membranaceis sublanceolatis. Flores aurantiaci, pedunculis inæqualibus. Tubus luteus, basi inflatus, medio coarctatus. Lacinia limbi flavæ, oblongæ, ad medium usque convo lutæ, supernè divergentes, apice reflexæ ; interiores latiores. Corona limbo brevior, tubulatus, luteus, ore 6-fido lobulis erectis. Filamenta lutea limbo paulò longiora antheræ luteæ. Germen subglobosum, obtusè 3gonum: stylus declinatus lutescens. Capsula nigra,

ovata, triloba semina atra, ovata, obliqua. Ruiz & Pavon. flor. peruv. 3. 54. t. 284.

Patria Peru, in collibus arenosis ad Lurin tractus, passìm propè Pachacama castellum.

29. recurvatum. P. 1-3-florum; foliis bifariis, ensiformibus; corolla cernua: corona 6-dentata, dentibus staminiferis. Pancratium recurvatum. Ruiz et Pavon fl. peruv. 3. 54.

Flores

Chihuanbuaita. Peruvianis vernaculè.
Bulbus oblongus extùs purpurascens. Scapus anceps
solidus. Folia longitudine ferè scapi, ecarinata, lineato-
nervosa, apice reflexa. Spatha oblongo-lanceolata,
rubro-purpurea, 1-phylla, striata, convoluta.
longè pedunculati, sæpiùs 3. Pedunculi inæquales,
teretes, supernè incrassati, purpurascentes, erecti. Co-
rolla purpureo-lutescens ; tubus recurvatus, tenuis, un-
cialis ; limbi lacinia oblongæ, acuminatæ, sesquiunciales.
Corona brevis, ovato-cyathiformis, dentato-sexfida, radiis
6 purpureis cum totidem luteis staminibus continuis
alternantibus picta. Stamina longitudine corollæ ; al-
terna subbreviora; antheræ luteæ. Stylus exsertus.
Capsula obovata cum acuminulo, 3-lobo-trigona: semina

magna.

Patria: Peru; in præruptis præsertim ad Cantæ provinciæ tractus cirea Obragillo vicum. R. et P.

30. latifolium. P. multiflorum; foliis plurifariis petiolatis lamina oblongo-lanceolata, floribus pendulo-cernuis, limbo connivente, corona 6-fida.

Pancratium latifolium. Ruiz et Pavon flor. per. 3. 54. t. 284.
Persoon synop. 1. 351.

Bulbus subrotundus laminis apice imbricatis. Scapus pedalis
et ultra, teres, lucidus, erectus. Folia pedalia, latitudine
2—3-unciali, acuta, suprà striata nitida, subtùs nervosa.
Petioli teretes 1-2-unciales. Spatha multivalvis, valvis
sublanceolatis acutis aridis deflexis. Flores 6-7 v.
plures. Tubus brevis : lacinia limbi oblongo-lanceolata
acumine minimo, conniventes, luteo-rubræ, apice virides.
Corona luta basi viridis. Filamenta subulata, dentibus
coronæ alternantia, exserta flore: antheræ oblonga,
incumbentes, Germen obtusè 3-gonum: stylus filiformis
longior staminibus: stigma parvum obsoletè 3-gonum.
Capsula conica, trigona: semina plura, oblongo-subro-
tunda.

Patriu: Pera; Andium umbrosis et humidis nemoribus, ad Vitoc arcis provinciæ Tarmæ vici tractus et colles. Ruiz et Pavon 1. c.

31. viridiflorum. P. 4-5-florum; coronâ æquante limbum; staminibus exsertis.

P. viridiflorum. Ruiz et Pavon flor. peruv. 3. 55; absque
icone. Persoon syn. 1. 351.

Bulbus oblongo-cylindricus,sesqui-palmaris. Scapus erectus,
orgyalis teres, lævis. Folia longa, plana, ensiformia,
erecto-divergentia. Spatha valvis membranaceis albidis,
acutis, sublanceolatis,deciduis, totidem ac floribus. Flores
omnino smaragdini coloris ! magni perpulchri.
lacinia patentes, acuminatæ. Ruiz et Pavon.
Patria: Peru; in nemoribus passim in Huassahuassi et
Palca versuris et locis petrosis.

Limbi

32. variegatum. P. 4-florum; floribus longissimis, corona brevissima denticulis 6 viridibus furcatis reflexis. R. et P. Pancratium variegatum. Ruiz et Pavon flor. peruv. 3. 55; absque icone. Persoon synops. 1. 351.

Flor del clarin. Vulgò, ob figuram floris
Bulbus subrotundus. Scapus centralis, compresso-anceps
levitèr striatus, nitidus, foliis longior, solidus. Folia
ensiformia, plana, venosa, striata, glabra, nitida, a medio
ad apicem reflexa. Spatha compresso-anceps, 8-valvis,
valvis ovato-lanceolatis, striatis, nervosis, deciduis; exte-
rioribus 2 marginibus introflexis; interioribus gradatìm
minoribus, carinatis. Pedunculi breves trigoni, in flore
recurvati, in fructû erecti. Flores spithamæi, ex luteo
roseo albo viridique colore variegati, cernui. Limbi
lacinia erecto-patulæ, luteæ, marginibus roseis, apicibus
extùs viridibus intùs albidis, ovatæ, acuminatæ, sub-
carinatæ, exteriores latiores acuminibus longioribus re-
troflexis. Corona tubulosa, limbo duplo brevior. Fila-
menta subulata, erecta, stylo breviora: antheræ oblongo-
lineares in coronulam conniventes. Germen oblongum,
3-gonum. Stylus longitudine corollæ : stigma capitatum
integrum apice obsoletè apertum. Capsula oblonga,
trigono-triloba; semina nigra, Ruiz et Pavon.
Patria: Peru; Lima hortis.

colitur flos iste speciosissimus,

Horto botanico Matriti

33, incarnatum. P. subquadriflorum; scapo foliis linearibus duplo longiore, ancipite; laciniis ovato-ellipticis: coronæ sinubus bidentatis. Kunth nov. gen. et spec. nov. orb. 1. 223.

Folia supernè angustata, obtusa, reticulata, subsesquipedalia, unciam lata. Spatha lanceolata. Flores brevissimè pedunculati, subquinquunciales, singuli spathellati. Corolla tubo cylindrico supernè paulò dilatato, subquadriuncialis: limbi laciniis patulis, 3 interioribus 3 exteriores subæquantibus, ovato-ellipticis, obtusiusculis, incarnatis, medio, maculâ viridi notatis, subuncialibus Stamina erecta, breviora limbo. Corona campanulata, brevissima, 12-dentata, inter dentes staminifera. Anthero lineari-oblongæ, incumbentes. Germen oblongum, 3-quetrum. Stylus subæquans stamina: stigma obtusum, 3-gonum, Capsula oblonga, 3-gona, polysperma. Kunth 1. c. Patria; Quito; in ripâ fluminis Machangara.

Species inquirendæ.

maximum. P. uniflorum; petalis patentibus; nectario pedali, Forskäl fl. Egypt. arab. 72.

Caulis v. scapus teres glaber. Nectarium floris enorme, cum tubo pedali. Petala alba, staminibus longiora, acuta, patula, at non reflexa ut in P. zeylanico. Folia non vidi. Legit illam et mihi attulit unicam Dn. Niebuhr, socius itineris, propè Taæs. Id. loc. cit.

humile. P. subbiflorum; foliis subulatis tenuissimis, intùs planis. Cavan. ic. 3. 4. t. 207. fig. 2. Pancratium humile. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 42.

Bulbus ovatus, integumentis fuscis. Scapus filiformis, tenuissimus, 3-uncialis, florens absque foliis. Spatha oblonga, acuta, cucullata. Pedunculi inæquales, capillares. Corolla lutea, profundissimè partita, laciniis ovatooblongis, apice subrevolutis, obtusis. In hujus centro corpusculum luteum, brevissimum, infundibuliforme roe 12-fido staminifero. Filmenta capillaria, corollæ sub

æquilonga: antheræ subsagittato-oblongæ, incumbentes. Germen turbinatum, obtusè 3-gonum: stylus filiformis, staminibus longior stigma obtusum. Patria: Hispania; in ditione Hispalensi.

NOTE.

Since the publication of the paper on AMARYLLIS in the Second Volume, No. IV. and Article XIII. of this Journal, a new species of that genus has been recorded; an account of which will be found in the Third Volume of the Botanical Register, No. 199, under the title AMARYLLIS PSITTACINA.

ART. IV. Description of the Valleys of Cucuta in South America.-By M. PALACIO FAXAR.

THE provinces of New Granada, north of Santa Fè de

Bogota, are Tunja, Socorro, and Pamplona, situate on a ridge of mountains, which crosses part of New Granada and Venezuela. The streams falling from these mountains east and south, form the rivers Meta, Apure, Portuguesa, and others, which enter into the Oronoco; those which descend westward, as far as el Paramo de Cacota, in the province of Pamplona, give rise to the rivers Sogamoso, Suarez, Opon, Carare, and many others which fall into the Magdalena, The streams which fall north of el Paramo de Cacota, as far as el Paramo de las Rosas, in the province of Caraccas, form the rivers Sulia, Escalante, Santarosa, Motatan, and more than forty others, which fall into the lake of Maracaybo. This lake is ninety miles in extent from north to south, and sixty from east to west, and is in the form of a horseshoe. eastern and northern banks of the lake are parched and barren, but on the western and southern sides the land is beautifully fertile. South of the lake, there is a thick and luxuriant forest, in many parts forty miles broad, watered by innumer

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