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albinervium, Michx. Fl. amer. I. p. 110. — R. acuminatum, Wall. Cat. — 

 R. tristc, Pallas.' — R. procumbens, Pallas — R. resinosum, Pursh Fl. 

 amer. I. p. Kio. — R. bracteosum, Dougl. — R. viscosissimum, Pursh I.e. — 

 , R. hudsouiauum, Richards. — R.glaciale, Wall. — R. inebrians, Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 14/1. — R. cereum, Dougl. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1263. 



43. PUYA recurvata. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. 275. 



P. caule simplici altissimo, squamoso, pulverulento ; squamis hcrbaceis, 

 lauceolatis acutis ; foliis integerrimis, acutis, apice denticulatis, supra 

 nitidis, subtus floccoso-pulverulentis ; spica terminali ; bracteis imbri- 

 catis, arete appressis, siccis, roseis, acutis ; floribus subgaleatis sessili- 

 bus, recurvatis, albis ; staminibus lutescentibus corollam sequantibus ; 

 stylo triangulari ; stigmatibus lobatis, post anthesin contartis. 



A Brazilian plant of the Bromeliaceous order. Its flower 

 stem is described as being 5 feet 3 inches high, covered with 

 green lanceolate scales. The leaves are 3^ feet long and 

 2 inches broad, shining green above, white with cottony wool 

 on the under side. The spike is about a foot long, covered 

 with white sessile flowers. It has flowered in the Botanical 

 Garden at Brussels. 



44. PITCAIRNIA undulata. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. 275. 



P. scapo erecto, simplici, squamoso, pulverulento, coccineo ; squamis lauceo- 

 latis, cuspidatis, basi scariosis, apice herbaceis, integerrimis; racemis 

 elongatis, simplicibus ; pedicellis floribusque coccineis ; perianthii la- 

 ciniis exterioribus carnosis carinatis ; bracteis laneeolatis siccis, foliis 

 lanceolatis integerrimis, longissime cuspidatis, margine undulatis vel 

 rugoso-undulatis, supra glaberrimis, subtus albis pulverulentis ; scapum 

 sequantibus, staminibus inclusis. 



A native of Brazil, which has flowered in the Botanical 

 Garden at Brussels. The leaves are dull green, here and 

 there striped with yellow, and the flower stem scarlet, 2^ feet 

 high, The spike is 10 inches long ; the flowers scarlet, with 

 bracts of the same colour. 



45. CATHA paniculata. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. 275. 



C. frutex spinosus, ramis angulatis ; foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis ser- 

 ratis, utrinque attenuatis, mucronatis ; ramis junioribus spinosis, spinis 



