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lanceolate acuminate bract-leaves. Flowers in an oblong bipinnate 

 panicle six to ten inches long, three to four inches broad, dense in 

 the upper half, lax in the lower half, with very zigzag ascending 

 spicate branches, the lower six- to eight-flowered, and subtended by 

 small lanceolate bracts. Flower-bracts ovate, about a quarter of 

 an inch long, with a conspicuous pungent mucro. Ovary with 

 calyx three-eighths ■ of an inch to half an inch long ; sepals 

 lanceolate-deltoid, one-sixth of an inch long, minutely mucronate. 

 Petals half an inch long, red-purple. — Eio Janeiro, Bowie and 

 Cunningham! (Herb. Mus. Brit). Minas Geraes, I/i5oh. Discovered 

 by Bowie and Cunningham in 1815. Introduced into cultivation 

 in 1831. 



39. M. FLORiBUNDA, MaH. ; Schultes fil., Syst. Veg., vii. 1271. — 

 Leaves with a dilated entire base and a lorate lamina one foot and 

 a half to two feet long, two inches to two mches and a half broad, 

 abruptly rounded at the tip with a small cusp, the teeth of the edge 

 irregular and very minute. Scape a foot or more long, with several 

 lanceolate bract-leaves. Flowers in a dense oblong bipinnate panicle 

 eight to sixteen inches long, two inches and a half to three inches in 

 diameter, the spicate branches very zigzag, spreading or ascending, 

 the lower ones four- to six-flowered, subtended at the base by 

 small lanceolate branch-bracts. Flower-bracts lanceolate, a quarter 

 to one-third of an inch long, exclusive of the long subulate cusp. 

 Calyx including ovary three-quarters of an inch long. Sepals 

 deltoid, with a cusp as long -as the lamina. Petals yellow, three- 

 quarters of an inch long. — Eio Janeiro, Martins ! St. Paulo, near 

 Santos, BurcheU, 3291 ! A close ally of JE. suaveolens, from which 

 it differs by its minutely-toothed leaves with a rounded tip, yellow 

 petals, and long-pointed sepals and flower-bracts. 



40. M. REGULAEis, Baker, n. sp. — Leaves with a dilated utricular 

 oblong base three inches broad and a horny lorate cuspidate lamina 

 one foot and a half to two feet long, one inch and a half to two 

 inches broad at the middle, with copious spreading lanceolate horny 

 prickles one-eighth to one-sixth of an inch long. Scape .above a 

 foot long, with several large lanceolate bract-leaves, the upper ones 

 red. Flowers in a dense oblong bipinnate panicle six to eight inches 

 long, three inches broad, with spreading nearly straight square 

 spicate branches, the lower ones six- to eight-flowered, and subtended 

 by red lanceolate bracts above an inch long. Flower-bracts 

 deltoid-navicular, a quarter of an inch long iuclusive of a short cusp. 

 Calyx including ovary one-third of an inch long ; ovary globose ; 

 sepals deltoid, as long as the ovary, not mucronate. Petals cream- 

 white, twice as long as the sepals. — South Brazil, Weir ! I have 

 only seen this in a living state in the collection of Mr. Wilson 

 Saunders. A drawing of it was made for the ' Eefugium,' but it has 

 not yet a^^peared. 



41. M. spiCATA, Mart. ; Schultes fil., Syst. Veg., vii., 1275.— 

 yE. anf/ustifolia, Popp. and Endl., Nov. Gen., t. 159. — Hoplophytnm. 

 sincatiun and angustifolium, Beer, Brom., 132, 4. — Hohenhergia 

 aiigustifolia and Martii, Baker in Eef. Bot,, sub. t. 284. — Leaves 



