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56. Prochnyanthes S. Wats. 



Perianth subpersistent, its tube subcylindrical at the base, then 

 abruptly geniculate and dilated ; segments broad, short, equal, 

 erect. Stamens inserted below the throat of the perianth ; filaments 

 filiform; anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 3-celled; ovules numerous, 

 superposed ; style filiform ; stigmas oblong. CajmUe globose, 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, flattened, with a close dark 

 testa. 



1. P. viRiDEscENS S. Wats. Cont. xiv. 457. — Stem erect from a 

 short thick bracteated caudex, simple, leafy below, sparsely bracteate 

 above, 4-6 ft. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 

 unarmed, scabrous on the margin, a foot long, 1-1^ in. broad 

 at the middle, narrowed to a long winged petiole. Flowers laxly 

 racemose, greenish yellow, tinged with brown ; bracts lanceolate, 

 ■| in. long; pedicels 1-1^ in. long, not jointed. Ovary ^ in. long, 

 equalling the cylindrical base of the tube ; throat ^ in. long ; seg- 

 ments ^ in. long, broadly ovate. Capsule ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mexico, in the Province of Jalisco, Br. Palmer 9 1 Discovered in 1886. 



57. Bravoa Llav. et Lex. 



Perianth with a long subcylindrical tube and short ovate or 

 oblong subequal segments. Stamens inserted about the middle of 

 the perianth-tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers linear, dorsi- 

 fixed. Ovary ovoid, umbonate at the apex, 3-celled ; ovules many, 

 superposed ; style filiform ; stigma trifid. Capsule loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds flattened, with a black testa. — Eootstock tuberous. 

 Basal leaves few, long, lanceolate or linear, thin, entire-edged ; 

 stem-leaves much reduced. Flowers red or whitish, usually in 

 distant pairs ; bracts small, scariose ; pedicels articulated at the 

 apex. 



Flowers bright red . . Sp. 1. 



Flowers whitish . . . Sp. 2-4. 



1. B. GEMiNiFLORA Llavc ct Lex. Descr. i. 6. Catocapnia gemi- 

 nijiora Link & Otto, Abbild. 35, t. 18. — Tuber globose, l-li in. 

 diam. ; tunics copiously fibrous at the apex. Basal leaves 5-6, 

 ensiform, 1-li ft. long, ^-f in. broad. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. long, 

 bearing about 4 reduced leaves. Kaceme 3-12 in. long, with 

 flowers in distant pans ; pedicels ^-^ in. long ; bracts scariose, 

 lower lanceolate, upper ovate. Perianth bright red, f-1 in. long ; 

 segments ovate, greenish, | in. long. Anthers reaching to the 

 throat of the tube. Capsule small, globose. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, ascending to 7000 ft. Introduced into 

 cultivation in 1838. It is almost hardy in the neighbourhood of London. 



2. B. SESsiLiFLORA Hcmsl. in Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. iii. 338, 

 t. 86. — Tuber oblong, with tunics slitting into fine fibres at the top. 

 Basal leaves linear, acuminate. Peduncle including inflorescence 

 1^2 ft. long, bearing about 3 much-reduced leaves. Flowers 



