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Eucharis (Flowers white showy many)

Flowers white, showy, many in an umbel; perianth tube cylindrical, straight or recurved, the lobes sub-equal, rather broad, spreading; stamens shorter than the lobes; bracts numerous, narrow, the two or three outer ones broader, involucral. Leaves petiolate, broad. Bulb tunicated. To the species described on p. 536, Vol. 1., the following should now be added: E. Mastersii (Dr. Masters'). fl., perianth tube 2in. to 2 1/2in. long; limb 3in. in diameter, the segments ovate, much imbricated; staminal cup striped green; pedicels short; umbel two-flowered; scape less than 1ft. long. February. l. distinctly petiolate, oblong, acute, 8in. to 10in. long, 4in. to 5in. broad. Bulb 1 1/2in. to 2in. in diameter. New Grenada, 1885. (B. M. 6831 A.) E. Sanderi multiflora (many-flowered). fl. five or six, considerably smaller than those of the type; stripes of the staminal cup green. New Grenada, 1885. (B.M. 6831 B.)