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from an ovate base, above 2 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, 

 moderately firm in texture, green on the face, mottled with darker 

 green, obscurely lepidote on the back, deltoid-cuspidate at the 

 apex, the marginal teeth minute. Peduncle stout, erect, furfur- 

 aceous, a foot long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, adpressed, pale. In- 

 florescence a lax tripinnate panicle 1-1-| ft. long, all the rachises 

 furfuraceous ; lower branches deltoid, 4-6 in. long ; final pedicels 

 ^-^ in. long ; bracts obsolete or very minute. Calyx with oblong 

 green ovary |- in. long; sepals short, ovate, minutely cuspidate. 

 Petals bright crimson, protruding ^-^ in. beyond the sepals. 



Hab. Central Mexico; province of Orizaba, Bourgeau 31061 Liehmann 

 78, 79. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Dec, 1886. A very 

 distinct species, introduced into cultivation by M. Omer de Malzine. 



63. M. Galeottei Baker. — Leaves thin, lorate, 1 ft. long, 

 1-2 in. broad ; marginal spines minute. Peduncle slender, a foot 

 long. Inflorescence a lax bipinnate panicle 4-6 in. long ; branches 

 an inch long ; pedicels erecto-patent, ^-|- in. long ; flower-bracts 

 obsolete. Calyx with ovary ^-^ in. long ; sepals ovate, minutely 

 mucronate, as long as the ovary. Petal-blade small, white, 

 oblong. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico ; Oaxaca, Cordova, &c., Galeotti 4918 ! 

 Bourgeau 1776 bis 1 Hahn ! 



64. M. spECTABiLis Brong. ; Houllet in Eev. Hort. 1876, 311, 

 with figure (M.D.). JE. fiexuosa Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 8. 

 Pironneava spectahilis K. Koch; E. Morren, Cat. 1873, 13. Guz- 

 mannia spectahilis Hort. — Leaves 20-30 in a dense utricular rosette, 

 lanceolate from an ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the 

 middle, green on both sides with scarcely any lepidote pubescence 

 on the back, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal prickles 

 small, pale, deltoid. Peduncle stout, 1-lf ft. long ; bracts pale, 

 lanceolate, adpressed. Inflorescence a lax rhomboid tripinnate 

 panicle 1^-2 ft. long ; lower branches 4-6 in. long ; branchlets 

 subcorymbose ; pedicels ^-^ in. long, minutely bracteate at the 

 base. Calyx with ovary |^-| in. long, pale pink, glabrous ; sepals 

 lanceolate-deltoid, rather longer than the globose ovary, with a 

 small brown erecto-patent cusp. Petals pink, exserted | in. beyond 

 the sepals. 



Hab. Guatemala. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Dec, 1886, 

 received from Linden. 



65. M. PETROPOLiTANA Wawra, Itin. Prin. Sax. Cob. 146, 

 fig. 34 a (M.D.). — Leaves about 30 in a dense utricular rosette, 

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

 gradually to the point, green on both sides, moderately firm in 

 texture, the marginal teeth minute. Peduncle l-lf ft. long ; 

 bract-leaves lanceolate, adpressed, not brightly coloured. Inflor- 

 escence a lax tripinnate panicle 2 ft. long ; longest branches 4-5 in. 

 long ; pedicels ■§— f in. long, subtended by a minute ovate-lanceolate 

 bract. Ovary with calyx an inch long, pink, glabrous ; sepals 

 about as long as the ovary, minutely mucronate. Petals reddish, 

 protruded |- in. beyond the sepals. 



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