COLLECTED IN SouTH America, 1885-1886 697 
red, 4-5 in. long: spike 6 in. long: ovary .25 in. long : petals an 
inch longer than the calyx, with a narrow blade and long slender 
claw. 
Allied to B. decora Papp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. 42. pl. 157 (B. 
Baraginniana Lemaire), figured lately in the Botanical Magazine, 
Pl. 6937. ; 
Unduavi, 8000 ft., Oct. 1885 (no, 2853). 
Pitcairnia consimilis Baker, Journ, Bot. Ig: 269. 1881.: Yun- 
gas, 6000 ft., 1885 (no. 2847) and Vic. la Paz, 10,000 ft., Apr. 
1885 (no. 2845). Growing upon shaded, rocky banks. The same 
as Mandon’s no. 1173: 
Fitcairnia pulverulenta R. & P. Fl. Per. 3: 86. pi. 259. 
Yungas, 6000 ft., 1885 (no. 2844). 
Puya Brittoniana Baker, sp. nov. 
Foliis ensiformibus acuminatis subpedalibus facie glabris dorso 
tenuiter albo-lepidotis aculeis marginalibus magnis patulis cas- 
taneis, floribus in spicam simplicem cylindricam dense lanuginosam 
dispositis, bracteis magnis ovalis acuminatus, sepalis lanceolatis, 
petalis latis calyce duplo longioribus, genitalibus petalis brevioribus. 
Leaves a foot long, moderately firm in texture, .60-.75 in. 
broad, low down, tapering gradually to a long spine : upper leaf- 
bracts of the peduncle large, and very acuminate: spike 214-3 in. 
diam., densely coated with loose brown wooly pubescence : flower 
bracts 2 in. long: sepals .60-.75 in. long: petal-blade .25—.35 in. 
broad. ; : 
Near P. pyramidata, Schultes = Puya pyramidata Ruiz et 
Pavon. Fl. Peruv. III. 34. /. 257. 
Ingenio del Oro, 10,000 ft., Mar. 1886 (no. 2849). 
Growing upon exposed, grassy and rocky hills. : 
Puya sp. Vic. la Paz, 10,000 ft., Apr. 1885 (no. 2846, an 
probably no. 2850, also. Differs from P. coerulea Lindl. in its 
longer pedieels, and is doubtless a distinct species, but represented 
Only by portions of the inflorescence. 
Cottendorfia Rusbyi Baker, sp. nov. 
Acaulis, foliis lanceolatis subpedalibus 5 atonal 
lepidotis, pedunculo foliis aequilongo bracteis Deh aaierey 
floribus parvis in paniculam amplam laxam ramis rece talis 
floris secundis dispositis, bracteis minutis sepalis oblongis, pe 
oblanceolatis, calyce duplo longioribus. 
