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reduced leaves green not purplish, and whitish petals free to the 

 base, only sHghtly tinged with violet towards the acuminate tip. 



Hab. Probably Brazil. Described by Dr. Kegel, amongst the new plants 

 of the Petersburg Garden, in 1887. 



35. K. BiNOTi Antoine, Brom. t. 34. Nidularium Binoti E. 

 Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-20 in a short rosette, 

 lorate, not rigid, 9-12 in. long, 2-2i in. broad at the middle, dark 

 green with a few transverse bands of paler green, rounded suddenly 

 to a small cusp and tipped with bright red at the apex, the mar- 

 ginal prickles very small. Flowers in a subsessile central capit- 

 ulum, the reduced inner leaves resembling the outer in colour. 

 Sepals green, lanceolate, longer than the ovary. Petals white, 

 acute, not much longer than the sepals. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced by Binot in 1877. A plant drawn by 

 Morren under the name of Nidularium sanguinarium mainly differs from 

 N. Binoti by its larger prickles. 



36. K. CARCHARODON Baker. Nidularium carcharodon E. Morren 

 (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-15 in a short rosette, lorate, 

 If ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, 

 dull pruinose green on the face, rounded to a cusp and furnished 

 with a large distinct brown blotch at the tip, the marginal prickles 

 large and distinct, like those of K. acanthocrater. Flowers in a 

 dense head in the centre of the reduced inner leaves, which are 

 not changed in colour. Sepals lanceolate, tinged with green, 

 much longer than the ovary. Petals white, but little longer than 

 the sepals. 



Hab. Brazil. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made in 1882. 



2. Greigia JRegel. 



Sepals lanceolate, free down to the ovary. Petals united in a 

 long funnel-shaped tube ; segments ovate. Stamens inserted at the 

 throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform, rather shorter than 

 the large linear-oblong basifixed anthers. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, 

 clavate- triquetrous ; ovules many in a cell ; style filiform, reaching 

 to the tip of the petals ; stigmas short, flattened, not twisted. 

 Fruit a large whitish rather pulpy berry narrowed to the base. 

 Seeds ohlong, brown. — Leaves very long, ensiform, firm in texture. 

 Floivers in a dense head in the axil of the outer leaves. Differs 

 from Karatas by its lateral heads, large basifixed anthers and 

 exserted falcate untwisted stigmas. It is nearly hardy in England, 

 whilst all the species of Karatas need tropical treatment. 



1. G. SPHACELATA Kegel, Gartenfl. 18G5, 137, t. 474 (M.D.). 

 Broynelia sphacelata Kuiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 32. Billhergia 

 sphacelata Schultes fil. — Acaulescent. Leaves 50 or more in a dense 

 rosette, 3-4 ft. long, an inch broad above the dilated base, firm in 

 texture, tapering gradually to the point, bright green on both 

 surfaces, without any lepidote pubescence, the brown deltoid- 

 cuspidate hooked marginal prickles about 1 line long and ^ in. 



