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panicle 1^-2 ft. long ; bract-leaves small, oblong, bright red. 

 Panicle dense, erect, oblong-cylindrical, 1-1 i ft. long ; branch- 

 bracts as long as the branches, oblong, acute, serrated, bright red, 

 the lower 3-4 in. long ; lower branches with 6-8 sessile erecto- 

 patent flowers; flower-bracts minute, with a long cusp. Ovary 

 subcylindrical, above i in. long ; sepals longer than the ovary. 

 Petal-blade oblong, violet, protruded | in. beyond the sepals. 



Hab. Amazon valley ; introduced by Baraquin in 187(5. Flowered by M. 

 Eugene Vallerand, head-gardener to M. Carcenac, at Bougival, near Paris, 

 after whom it was named, in 1877 ; and by M. Chantin of Paris, in 1881. 



3. S. FuERSTENBERGii E. Morreu in Belg. Hort. 1883, 13 (M.D.). 

 uEchwea Fucrstenherfjii E. Morren & Wittm. in Belg. Hort. 1879, 42, 

 t. 2. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, ensiform, 

 arcuate, firm in texture, 2-2^ ft. long, 3 in. broad at the dilated 

 base. 1^ in. at the middle, tapering gradually to the point, dull 

 green and channelled down the face, finely vertically lineate on the 

 back, margined with copious small hooked deltoid-cuspidate prickles. 

 Panicle central, nearly sessile, oblong, strobiliform, 15-18 in. long, 

 3-4 in. diara. ; branch-bracts as long as the branches, oblong, 

 pink, serrated, the lower 3-4 in. long; lower branches with 6-8 

 sessile erecto-patent flowers ; flower-bracts minute, ovate. Ovary 

 greenish, mealy, |^ in. long; sepals twice as long as the ovary. 

 Petal-blade small, oblong. 



Hab. Brazil ; province of Bahia. Described from a plant flowered by Mr, 

 Wm. Bull in Oct., 1886. It was described from a plant that flowered with 

 Prince Fuerstenberg, at Donauschingen, in the Black Forest, in 1877. 



4. S. LONGiFOLiA Baker. Bromelia luvffifolia Eudge, Guian. i. 

 31, t. 49. — Leaves rigid, ensiform, 3-4 ft. long, an inch broad 

 above the dilated base, tapering gradually to the point, armed with 

 close, middle-sized deltoid-cuspidate marginal prickles. Peduncle 

 very short. Panicle oblong, strobiliform, half a foot long, 8-4 in. 

 diam. ; branch-bracts ovate, rigid, minutely eroso-ciliated, the 

 lower 2 in., the upper an inch long ; lower spikes 4-5 flowered, as 

 long as their bracts. Ovary oblong-trigonous, ^ in. long ; sepals 

 lanceolate, f in. long, minutely cuspidate. Petals not seen. 



Hab. French Guiana, Martin ! The original specimen from which 

 Rudge's figure was made is at the British Museum. The species is closely 

 allied to S. Fuerstenberg ii. 



5. S. ? PoiTTEi Baker. — Leaves ensiform, rigid in texture, 

 2|-3 ft. long, 1| in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the 

 pungent apex, margined with close hooked moderately large 

 deltoid-cuspidate prickles. Panicle a foot long, about as dense as 

 in S. Poeppujii; branch-bracts oblong, acute, red, serrated, the 

 lower about 3 in. long ; lower branches 1^-2 in. long, bearing 

 4-6 erecto-patent sessile flowers ; flower-bracts small, ovate, with 

 a subpungent cusp. Mature ovary subglobose, ^ in. long ; sepals 

 lanceolate, | in. long, with a large subpungent cusp. Petals not 

 seen. 



Hab. Cayenne. Described from a plant from J. Gay's herbarium, received 

 by him from Poiteau in 1824. 



6. S. LAxiFLORA Baker. — Inflorescence a large lax panicle; 



