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sepals lanceolate, minutely mucronate. Petals red-purple, half as 

 long again as the sepals. 



Hab. South Brazil, Glaziou 8986 ! 11695 ! Introduced into cultivation by 

 Dr. Glaziou to Liege, in 1880. It was grown at Berlin in the days of Kunth. 

 I cannot separate specifically, a plant draw by Professor Morren under the 

 name of ^. pulchella, one form of which has the leaves vertically striped with 

 lines of brown on the back towards the base. Closely allied to J^. distichantha. 

 A living plant, sent to Kew in 1888, had leaves 7 — 8 feet long. 



76. M. ExcAVATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 134, — Leaves 

 lorate from an ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad at the 

 middle, pale green, the curved marginal prickles l-12th in. long. 

 Peduncle 3-4 ft. long; bract-leaves sheathing. Inflorescence a 

 dense oblong panicle 8-10 in. long, with about 20 erecto-patent 

 densely-flowered distichous branches 1^-2 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 minutely cuspidate, ^ in. long, with sides entirely adnate to the 

 rachis. Calyx with ovary f in. long ; sepals lanceolate, cuspidate, 

 longer than the globose ovary. Petals red-lilac, exserted I in. 



Hab. Paraguay, near Assomption, Glhert ! Calot ! Bolivia ; Corrientes, 

 D'Orbi(jiiy 113 ! Chiquitos, Weddell ! 



77. M. MYRioPHYLLA E. Morren, inedit. (M.D.) ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6939. — Leaves 30-40 in a utricular rosette, ensiform from 

 an ovate base, 2-2-|- ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, dull green 

 on the face, thinly white-lepidote not banded on the back, firm in 

 texture, tapering gradually to a long point, with middle-sized horny 

 marginal prickles. Peduncle erect, 1^ ft. long ; bract-leaves im- 

 bricated, all adpressed. Inflorescence a lax bipinnate panicle |- ft. 

 long, with short spreading densely-flowered distichous branches 

 1-1^ in. long, subtended by small ovate-cuspidate bracts; rachises 

 straight, pubescent ; flower-bracts red, broad-ovate, cuspidate, ^ in. 

 long, adnate by their edge to the rachis more than half way up. 

 Calyx with ovary ^ in. long ; sepals oblong lanceolate, cuspidate. 

 Petals ^ in. longer than the calyx, at first pink, then lilac-purple. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by Glaziou in 1886. Described from a 

 plant that flowered at Kew, Oct.. 1888. Nearly allied to uE. distichantha. 



78. M. jucundaE. Morren, inedit. (M.D.). — Leaves 10-12 in a 

 utricular rosette, lorate, a foot long, f-1 in. broad at the middle, 

 plain green on the face, white-lepidote on the back, with a few 

 irregular transverse bands, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, the mar- 

 ginal prickles minute. Peduncle slender, much overtopping the 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated, not brightly coloured. 

 Inflorescence a dense rhomboid bipinnate panicle 3 in. long, with 

 short erecto-patent densely-flowered distichous branches ; flower- 

 bracts round-cuspidate, red, ^ in. long. Calyx with ovary i in. 

 long, both red ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate. Petals lilac, 

 shortly exserted. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by Glaziou in 1884. Described from 

 Prof. Morren's drawing, made Jan., 1886. Allied to ^E. distichantha. 



79. M. BRACTEATA Griscb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 592. Bromelia 

 hracteata Swartz, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. 56. HoJiPuhen/ia bracteata 

 Baker in Eef. Bot. sub t. 284. Leaves 12-20 in a utricular 



