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Bomarea (Upwards of fifty species all)

Upwards of fifty species, all American, have been referred to this genus. To those described on p. 200, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

B. Kalbreyeri (Kalbreyer's). fl. pedicellate, in large, terminal umbels, the three outer segments brick-red, about 1in. long, oblong-spathulate, the three inner ones orange-yellow, spotted red, longer than the outer ones, obovate-cuneate. l. shortly stalked, oblong, acuminate, glabrous above, downy beneath. New Grenada, 1883. (R. H. 1883, p. 546.) B. vitellina (egg-yolk-colour). fl. of a rich, deep orange-yellow, narrowly-campanulate, 2in. long, numerously disposed in large, drooping, umbellate cymes; outer and inner perianth segments unequal in length. l. ovate-oblong, acute. Stems smooth. Columbia, 1882. A very beautiful, tuberous-rooted climber, adapted for conservatory decoration. (G. C. n. s., xvii., p. 151.)