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Hab. Probably Brazil. Described from two drawings of Professor 

 Morren's made from plants flowered at Liege in 1883 and 1885. Closely allied 

 o JS. coelestis. Introduced by Devansaye in 1881. 



29. M. REGULARis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 229. — Leaves 

 with a dilated utricular base and a lorate liorny cuspidate lamina 

 1|~2 ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle, with copious spreading 

 horny prickles ^-^ in. long. Peduncle above a foot long ; 

 upper bract-leaves large, bright red. Inflorescence a dense oblong 

 bipinnate panicle 6-8 in. long ; branches numerous, spreading, 

 spicate, l-lj- in. long, 8-8-flowered, the lower subtended by large 

 red lanceolate branch-bracts ; flower-bracts coriaceous, ovate- 

 cuspidate, i in. long. Calyx with ovary ^ in. long ; sepals ovate, 

 not distinctly mucronate, much shorter than the ovary. Petals 

 twice as long as the sepals. 



Hab. South Brazil. Collected by Weir. Described from a plant flowered 

 by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Eeigate, in Sept., 1871. Allied to ^. suaveolens. 



30. M. FLORiBUNDA Mart.; Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1272. 

 jE. organensis Wawra, Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 146, t. 23. Hoplo- 

 phytum luteu)nFi.M.orien,mediit. (M.D.). H. PlatzmanniFi, Movien 

 in Belg. Hort. 1875, 362 (name). — Leaves lorate from an oblong 

 base, li"- 2|- ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, thin in texture 

 for the genus, green on both sides, rounded to a small cusp at the 

 tip, the marginal teeth very minute. Peduncle 1|- ft. long ; bract- 

 leaves small, pale, lanceolate, erect. Inflorescence a dense bipinnate 

 panicle, 6-8 in. long ; branches many, patent, spicate, laxly 6-8- 

 flowered, with a slender flexuose rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, with 

 a very large cusp ^-J in. long. Calyx with ovary reddish, ^-^ in. 

 long ; sepals ovate, with a large cusp. Petals pale yellow, shortly 

 exserted. 



Hab. South Brazil, Martins, Burchell 3291 ! Wawra 317 ; Sello 229 ! 

 Glaziou 16413 ! 16414 ! Platzmann. Nearly allied to jE. suaveolens. 



31. ^. SUAVEOLENS Kuowles & Westc. Floral Cab. iii. 177, t. 

 134. Billbergia purpureo-rosea Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 3304. Hoplo- 

 phytum suaveolens and jmrpureo-roseum Beer, Brom. 135. Bromelia 

 albo-rosea Lemaire, 111. Hort. Misc. 64. ^. rosea Hort. — Leaves 

 few in a long utricular rosette, outer linear, inner lanceolate, 

 1|~2 ft. long, 1-lJ- in. broad at the middle, horny in texture, plain 

 green on both sides, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal 

 prickles middle-sized, ascending, pungent. Peduncle slender, IJ- ft. 

 long ; bract-leaves inconspicuous, adpressed. Inflorescence a 

 moderately dense oblong bipinnate panicle 6-8 in. long ; branches 

 numerous, erecto-patent, 1^-2 in. long, laxly 6-8-flowered, with a 

 very flexuose rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, ^-^ in. long, with an 

 erecto-patent brown mucro. Ovary with calyx f-|- in. long ; sepals 

 ovate, mucronate. Petals red-purple, -J in. long. 



Hab. Central and Southern Brazil. First gathered by Bowie and Cunning- 

 ham in 1815. Introduced into cultivation in 1831, when it was flowered by 

 Mr. Shepherd, of the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



32. M. PENDULiFLORA Andre, Enum. 3. — Leaves unknown. 

 Stem slender, slightly furfuraceous ; leaf-bracts small, lanceolate. 



