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long, the branch-bracts of the lower exceeding, of the upper as long 

 as, the heads ; flower-bracts broad-ovate, coriaceous, minutely 

 cuspidate, i in. long and broad. Ovary with calyx rather shorter 

 than the bract ; sepals ovate, not mucronate, as long as the ovary. 

 Petals not seen. 



Hab. Jamaica, Dr. Wright ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). Nearly allied to JE. 

 lingulata. 



44. M. AQuiLEGA Griseb. Flora Brit. West Ind. 592. Bromelia 

 aquilega Salisb. Parad. t. 40. Ai. Meyeri Baker in Journ. Bot. 

 1880, 16. — Leaves about 20 in a utricular rosette, lanceolate from 

 a large ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, l|^-2 in. broad at the middle, 

 horny in texture, plain green on the face, thinly lepidote beneath, 

 narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal prickles middle- 

 sized, deltoid-cuspidate, horny, brown, the lower ^-J in. long. 

 Peduncle stout, 1|~2 ft. long, the upper bract-leaves large, bright 

 red. Panicle f-1 ft. long, the upper clusters crowded, sessile, the 

 lower shortly peduncled, subtended by large oblong-lanceolate, red 

 branch-bracts; outer bracts of the clusters ovate, coriaceous, mucro- 

 nate, an inch long. Ovary with calyx f in. long, flattened on the face; 

 sepals lanceolate, mucronate, ^ in. long. Petals yellow, shortly ex- 

 serted. 



Hab. Jamaica, /Sah's&wr?/ ; Trinidad, i^mcZZer 841 ! Tobago, ilf6?/er ! British 

 Guiana, Jenman 3826 ! French Guiana, Coulon 76. Introduced into England 

 in 1806, but I have not seen it alive. 



45. M. BRAssicoiDEs Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 329. — Leaves 

 lorate from a large oblong base, 1J~2 ft. long, 2f-3 in. broad at 

 the middle, very horny, obscurely lepidote on the back, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the tip, the marginal teeth small, deltoid. Peduncle 

 stout, erect, 1^ ft. long, in the specimen seen piercing through the 

 top of a reduced red-tinted inner leaf; upper bract-leaves large, 

 lanceolate, erecto-patent. Inflorescence a panicle half a foot long, 

 composed of many dense globose or oblong clusters of flowers, the 

 upper clusters close, sessile, the lower spaced out, the lowest 

 shortly peduncled, subtended by large lanceolate bracts; flower- 

 bracts floccose, rigid, ovate, with a long cusp, j-1 in. long. Ovary 

 with calyx ^ in. long ; sepals twice as long as the ovary, obtuse, 

 with a small mucro. Petals protruded J- J in., yellow. 



Hab. British Guiana ; Kaieteur Savannah, Jenman 957 1 Allied to ^. 

 aquilega. 



46. M. DisTANS Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 592. Hohenbergia 

 distans Baker in Eef. Bot. sub t. 284. — Leaves lorate, 2-3 ft. long, 3 in. 

 broad at the middle, thin in texture for the genus, thinly lepidote 

 on the back, rounded to a cusp at the apex, the marginal teeth few 

 and very indistinct. Peduncle slender, cernuous, 1^-2 ft. long ; 

 bract-leaves large, lanceolate, erect. Inflorescence a very lax 

 drooping panicle If ft. long, nearly a foot broad, bearing 20-30 

 dense strobiliferous spikes an inch long at the end of long spreading 

 peduncles subtended by large linear scariose bracts ; flower-bracts 

 ovate-cuspidate, ^ in. long. Calyx with ovary rather shorter than 

 the bract ; sepals lanceolate, with a large horny mucro. Petals 

 white, shortly protruded. 



