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2. B. ToNELiANA Jacobi, Index, 11 (name only) ; Hook. fil. in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6091. — Leaves 15-20 in a rosette, l|-2 ft. long, 2 in. 

 broad above the middle, narrowed to an inch above the base, very 

 glaucous, scabrous on the margin and under surface. Peduncle 

 4 ft. long including the long simple raceme, reddish purple ; 

 flowers 2-5-nate ; bracts and pedicels reaching an inch long. 

 "Whole flower 2 in. long ; ovary cylindrical, f in. long ; limb 

 greenish ; segments ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders 

 at Eeigate in 1874. 



3. B. YuccoiDEs Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5203. — Leaves about 20 

 in a basal rosette, 1|- ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 to ^ in. above the dilated base, moderately glaucous when 

 mature, scabrous on the edge and under surface. Peduncle 4 ft. 

 loDg including the panicle, bright red ; lower branches ^ ft. long, 

 spreading. Whole flower 2-2^ in. long ; ovary cylindrical, an 

 inch long; segments entirely green, above an inch long, ^ in. broad. 



Hab. Mexico. Flowered in 1860 by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Keigate, and 

 at Kew in April, 1875. 



4. B. BRACTEATA Jacobi, Lidex, 11 (name only) ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6641.— Leaves 20-30 in a basal rosette, li-2 ft. long, 2 in. 

 broad above the middle, contracted to less than an inch above the 

 base, glaucous, scabrous on the edge and under surface. Peduncle 

 4-5 ft. long including the panicle, reddish brown ; bract-leaves 

 3-4, lanceolate, erect. Panicle rhomboid, 2 ft. long ; central 

 branches 8-9 in. long; pedicels f-1 in. long; bracts ovate, scariose, 

 bright red. Whole flower 2 in. long ; ovary cylindrical ; segments 

 an inch long, at first red, finally tinged with red. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from a plant flowered at Kew, March, 1882. 



5. B. Decosteriana Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6768. — Leaves 15-20 

 in a basal rosette, 2-2^ ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed to an inch above the dilated base, firm in texture for the 

 genus, glaucous, smooth on the face, scabrous on the margin and 

 under surface. Peduncle 7-8 ft. long including the lax panicle ; 

 lower branches a foot long, subtended by large lanceolate bracts ; 

 pedicels sometimes an inch long. Whole flower 2-2i in. long ; 

 ovary cylindrical; segments reach li in. long. Capsule 1 in. diam. 



Hab, Mexico. FloAvered at Kew, February, 1884. Keceived from Max 

 Leiclitlin. 



hnperj'ectly -known Species. 



I know nothing of B. Galeottei, 2nmila, ScJilechteiidalU, and 

 Verlindeniana, mentioned by name alone in Jacobi's ' Index.' We 

 grow a plant at Kew under the name of B. superha, received from 

 Mr. Thomas Hanbury, of Mentone, with greener leaves than any 

 of the foregoing, but have not as yet flowered it. 



69. DoRYANTHES Corvea. 



Perianth with scarcely any tube above the ovary; segments 

 long, equal, falcate. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth- 



