. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. Na-tive of Quito [Peru]. The outer petals are ofa flesh colour, the inner ones orange, spottedwith red. [Not introduced.] 57. Alstroemeria Jioribunda, Humboldt andBonpland (many-flowered Alstroemeria).—Stem twining; leaves glabrous on both sides,lanceolate, sub-membranaceous; umbels many-flowered, pedicels one-flowered, pubescent ;outer divisions of the perianth somewhatshortest. Herbaceous. Native of South Ame-rica. The outer petals are red, the innerones yellow, spotted with red. [Not intro-duced.] 58. Alstroem
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. Na-tive of Quito [Peru]. The outer petals are ofa flesh colour, the inner ones orange, spottedwith red. [Not introduced.] 57. Alstroemeria Jioribunda, Humboldt andBonpland (many-flowered Alstroemeria).—Stem twining; leaves glabrous on both sides,lanceolate, sub-membranaceous; umbels many-flowered, pedicels one-flowered, pubescent ;outer divisions of the perianth somewhatshortest. Herbaceous. Native of South Ame-rica. The outer petals are red, the innerones yellow, spotted with red. [Not intro-duced.] 58. Alstroemeria Bredemeyerana, Willde-now (Bredemeyers Alstroemeria). — Leavesoval-oblong, petiolate, acuminate, downy un-derneath, as well as on the stem; flowers inthe form of an aggregate corymb ; peduncleslonger than the bracts. This species is little known. Herbaceous. Native of Caracas.[Not introduced.] 59. Alstroemeria oculata, Loddiges (dark-eyed Alstroemeria).—Stem round, glabrous,twining; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, glabrouson both sides, petioles twisted ; flowers um-15^. bellate, bracts obovate, crisped. of South America. Corollas of a rosecolour. Flowers in June; may be easily grownin an orangery or cool greenhouse. [Intro-duced in 1831.] §§§ Uncertain Species. The English Catalogues mention the Al-stroemeria valparadwaca, a native of Val-paraiso, introduced in 1836 to gardens; but ithas not yet been submitted to a proper botanicalexamination. [It is said to be from Valpa-raiso, and to have orange-coloured flowers.] The late Dr. Herbert mentions also anAlstroemeria Cummingiana, introduced in1831, and in like manner not described bybotanists. [It is said to be from Chili, and tohave yellow-and-orange-coloured flowers.] [Alstroemeria nemorosa is a species intro-duced from the Organ Mountains in 1840,and has red-and-yellow flowers in the autumnmonths. It is allied to A. aurea, but is dis-tinguished by the structure of its seeds, by itsbroader leaves an
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