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nearly naked, agar ir with several sae reduced erect linear 
leaves, which are white on the under surface. Flowers in a dense 
simple raceme oe 5 in. long. Pedicels i 8 patent, the lower 
ones 4-} in. long; yigks lanceolate acuminate, equalling or rather 
exceeding the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, 4 in. long, thinly 
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tip of the petals. Ac ultivated plant; precise station unknown. 
I found it without any locality in the herbarium of Dr. Karl Koch. 
It is Ae Sons for its yellow flowers and very small calyx. 
4. P. wermis, Meyer in Reliq. Henk. ii. 128, t. 28. —Ortho- 
petalum in Beer Bromel. 72. Acaulescent. Produ ced leaves 
ct a foot long, under 4 in. broad, d, firm in texture for the genus, 
not petioled, acuminate, quite entire, green on the upper surface, 
dst and style sear than the stale —Peru, on mountains of 
the province of Hunaca, Henke. Casapi, Matthews, 2088! Wet 
. MEGASEPALA, Baker. pine leek Leaves with a distinct 
channelled petiole a foot long and a linear lamina 2-3 ft. long, 
about an ineh broad at the ee: tapering gradually to the point 
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white cil entirely dectitute of teeth, except at the dilated 
base of the petiole. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long. Raceme simple or with 
a short fork a foot long, — in ae upper half “ rachis very 
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style included.—New Granada, at La Paila, Holton, 153! Ocana, 
alt. 5000 ft., Kalbreyer, 661! Remarkable on “its very large 
calyx. 
6. P. srammnza, Loddiges Bot. Cub. t ; Sims in Bot. Mag. 
t. cng Ill. Hort. new ser. t. 205. dey se Nac stamineum, Beer 
Brom Acaulescent. Outer rudimentary leaves not toot thed. 
Pooled leaves 10-20 to a tuft, linear, 1-2 ft. long, }-3m. broad, 
very acuminate, firm in texture, green an nd naked on the face, 
thinly white-furfuraceous on the back, with a channelled petiole 
4 ft. or more long, entirely v without teeth. Peduncle 1-2 ft. long, its 
lower leaves long, its upper rudimentary. Raceme simple, 1-1} ft. 
long, lax, } ft. broad when ex panded, the rachis naked ; pedicels 
patent, the lower above an in sah long ; bracts lanceolate, 4-3 in. 
long. Sepals greenish, lanceolate, naked, . long. Petals 
bright red, 2 in. hae very narrow, revolute at Aa apex, scaled at 
the base. Stamens and style both exser ted.—Rio Janeiro, Gardner, 
846! Sello! oahu, 2934! Well known in cultivation; intro- 
