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xix, 26.—-P. Decaisnei, K. Koch Monogr. 5.—Acaulescent. Outer 
rudimentary leaves pectinate. aad uced leaves as many as twenty 
to a tuft, ensiform, 2-3 ft. long, 1-14 in. bro ad at the middle, 
obscurely petioled, erectly falonte, very acum sire green and 
glabrous on the face, white and distinctly lineate all over ~ back, 
margined with sm all green ascending prickles all the wa and 
larger black ones towards the base. Peduncle 8 ft. long below the 
inflorescence, copiously leafy. Racemes — very lax, in, 
long, forming a deltoid panicle; pedicels asc g,+4 in. ong ; 
racts minute, lanceolate; rachises bright op Recor or ven 
naked. Sepals bright red, lanceolate, glabrous, 3-3 in. lon 
petals bright red, 2-21 in. long, with a large ‘muabele sale at the 
b tamens and stigma not open razi plant, 
well-known in cultivation. We had it at Kew as long ree Ga 71858, 
but I have not been able to meet = wild examples. 
. Ourersnu, Link in Verhand. d. Ver. z. Bef. d. Gartenb. 
Vii. 368, ey 3.—P. L’ Herminieri, Hort .—Acaulescent. Produced 
leaves ensiform, distinctly hii 2-8 feet long, 12-16 lines 
broad at the middle, acuminate, green and naked on the face, 
white-furfuraceous on the aie neither iain nor petiole spine- 
edged. Peduncle 2-8 ft. long, its lower leaves long, its upper much 
reduced and bract-like, Raceme simple, rather dense, reaching 
t ; 
oO. ng; ding, epee . lon 
bracts lanceolate, as long as or longer than the pedicels. Sepals 
lanceolate, glabrous, an inch long. Petals bright red, lingulate, 
2-21 in. long, scaled at the base. Stamens and style about as long 
as nes petals.—Rio Janeiro, age 8021 ! 
P. ruammea, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1092.—Acaulescent. 
Produced leaves ensiform, 2-2} it. long, 1-1} im. broad at the 
middle, not distinctly petioled, acuminate, green and glabrous on 
the face, persistently white- piteaiead on ise back, not at all 
spine-margined. Peduncle 1-1} ft. long, bright t red, copiously 
leafy. Raceme rather rca ogee +1 ft. long ; rachis thinly 
tig : 
on rocks of the Organ Mountains, Gardner, ae Introduced 
_ Into cultivation about 1826. I expect it will prove to be conspecific 
—P, onan R. & P. Fl. Peruv. t. 260.—P. lon gifolia, Hook. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 4775.—P. evcelsa, E. Morren in Belg. Hort., 1875, 
ange 
rachises floccose ; pedicels <a in. long; bracts minu 
pen Fate Sepals lanceolate, floccose, } in. long. Petals irene 
