55. M. Salzmanni Baker. Hohenheryia Salzmanni E. Morren 

 inedit. (M.D.). — Leaf 2 ft. long, 4-6 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed gradually to a pungent cuspidate tip ; marginal teeth 

 distant, middle-sized, patent, deltoid-cuspidate. Peduncle with 

 inflorescence 5 ft. long, the latter a lax deltoid panicle a foot long, 

 composed of 20-30 ovoid or oblong dense strobiliform spikes 

 1-1^ in. long, only the uppermost sessile on the main axis, the rest 

 aggregated or the lower spaced out, sessile on distant erecto-patent 

 branches, subtended by small ovate or ovate-lanceolate branch- 

 bracts ; flower-bracts broad ovate, \-\ in. long, not distinctly 

 cuspidate. Ovary with calyx as long as the flower-bract ; sepals 

 ovate, not mucronate. Petals bright violet, shortly protruded. 



Hab. Brazil ; in the province of Bahia, Salzmann 540 ! Sello 67 I (Herb. 

 Mus. Paris). Nearly allied to JE. Bkmchetii, distans, and Wrightii. 



56. M. Blanchetii Baker. Hohenhergla Blanchetii E. Morren 

 inedit. (M.D.). — Leaf lorate, nearly 2 in. broad at the middle, 

 deltoid at the tip w^ith a small cusp, the marginal teeth distant, 

 middle-sized, ascending, deltoid cuspidate. Liflorescence a lax 

 panicle a foot long, composed of about 30 subglobose strobiliform 

 spikes "l-f in. long, the uppermost sessile on the main axis, those 

 below single and shortly peduncled, the rest sessile spaced out on 

 erecto-patent branches ; branch-bracts small, lanceolate ; flower- 

 bracts ^ in. long, broad ovate, with a small cusp. Calyx with 

 ovary as long as the flower-bract. Petal-blade very small. 



Hab. Brazil ; province of Baliia, near Ilheos, BlancUet 2996 ! Heads and 

 flower-bracts like those of ^. Wrightii and distans. 



Subgenus 4. Androlepis (Broncju.). 



57. M. Chantini Baker. BiUhergia ? Chantini Carriere in Kev. 

 Hort. 1878, 112, fig. 22, 1880, 272, figs. 54—56. Leaves 10-12 in 

 a utricular rosette, lorate, a foot long, l|^-2 in broad, firm in 

 texture, marked with very broad transverse zones of green and 

 white, rounded to a cusp at the tip, the marginal teeth close, 

 minute. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; upper bract-leaves large, 

 lanceolate, bright red. Inflorescence a dense ovoid bipinnate 

 panicle 4-6 in. long ; branches erecto-patent, lower l|-2 in. long ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long, not mucronate. Calyx with ovary 

 f in. long, red-yellow ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, not mucronate. 

 Petal-blade small. 



Hab. Amazon valley. Introduced into French gardens by M. Baraquin 

 in 1877. 



58. M. Skinneri Baker. Androlepis Skinneri Brong. inedit. ; 

 E. Morren, Cat. 1871. 1 (M.D.). Pothuava Skinneri K. Koch. 

 Billbergia Skinneri Hort. Linden. — Leaves about 20 in a utricular 

 rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 2-2^ ft. long, 2^-3 in. broad 

 at the middle, plain green on the face, thinly white-lepidote not banded 

 on the back, narrowed gradually from the middle to the point, the 

 marginal teeth close, minute, deltoid. Peduncle stout, erect, l^it. 

 long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, pale, adpressed. Liflorescence a 

 subcylindrical panicle a foot long, 2-3 in. diam., with a stout stiff 



