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tico-linearibus, apicet to-rotundatis , valdeconcavo- -canaliculatis ; 
sepalis liberis, i in fime solum minutissime tomentellis ceterum glabris, 
subereclis, perconspieue carinato-concavis, ellipticis, apice rotundatis ; 
petalis glabris; ovario dense albo-tomentoso, — B. Guyanensis Hort. 
ap. Bak. Brom. p. 26. — B. laciniosa Bak. l. c., quoad syn. nostr. (non 
Mart.) — ? B. Karatas var. caulescens Redouté, Lil. t. 447. — 
? Karatas Redoutei Bak. Brom. p. 3. 
Folia exteriora ignota ; superiora basi in vaginam maximam, elon- 
gato-ellipticam vel potius latissime linearem, glabram, margine 
apicem versus dentibus herbaceis laciniosam subito dilatata, anguste 
linearia, apicem versus perlonge acuta, margine spinis validissimis, 
flavidis, valde sursum hamatis, teretibus horrida, apice in spinam ter- 
minalem subtriangularem, brevem sed validissimam transeuntia, 
utrinque viridia subopacaque sed subtus paullo pallidiora, sæpissime 
minute lepidota. Inflorescentia in caulis percrassi, dense albo-lanu- 
ginosi, foliolis rubris (ex Balansa !) iis intimis rosulæ æqualibus dense 
obsiti apice erecta, oc-flora, e ramulis usque ad 10-floris, densissime 
subracemosis apicem usque composita panniculata, subpyramidalis, 
densa eonfertaque, ad 0,2 m. longa, 90 mm. diam. metiens; axibus 
dense albo-tomentosis; bracteis primariis demum e vaginis foliorum 
iis caulinis similium formatis, apicem versus + obscure tomentellis; 
bracteolis florigeris sepala ad 1/2 æquantibus, subglabris, + 30 mm. 
longis, 8 mm. latis. Flores + 43 mm. longi, brevissime pedicellati ; 
sepalis allutaceis, + 20 mm. longis, 6-7 mm. latis, coriaceis. Petala 
saturate violacea lateque albo-marginata, erecta et sub anthesin non 
nisi paullo aperta, + 25 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, basi ad 7-8 mm. coa- 
lita, late linearia, apice rotundata. Stamina petalis fere 5 mm. bre- 
viora filamentis omnino paullo ultra medium connatis, linearibus ; 
antheris flavis, anguste ellipticis, apice peracutis, basi non nisi minute 
incisis ibique dorsifixis, ad 10 mm. longis. Ovarium clavatum, bene 
triangulare, apice haud constrictum, basin versus sensim attenuatum, 
+ 15 mm. longum, 5 mm. diam. metiens ; stylo antheras ad 1/3 
*quante; ovalis quoque in locülo numerosis. Bacca rubescens, car- 
nosa (ex Balansa!), edulis, ovoideo-obclavata, apicem versus longe 
trigono- altenuata, perdense punctulatim rugulosa, + 47 mm. longa, 
20 mm. diam. metiens, sepalorum rudimentis coronata; seminibus 
numerosis, depressis, triangulari-orbicularibus, ad 5 mm. latis dime i 
l'eo-nigrescentibus, minutissime punctulatis. 
Paraguay, prope Assompcion ad silvarum margines el sepes: Balansa | ai 
n.608, ad Puerto Esperanza: O. Kuntze. — Floret fructifieatque — 
Augusto, Septembri. (V. s. in herb. Candoll., Leod., O. Kuntze., Mex.) pete 
