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rosette, lorate from an oblong base, 2 in. broad at the middle, not 

 liorny, plain green on both sides, deltoid-cuspidate at the tip, the 

 marginal teeth middle-sized, with a brown-black tip. Peduncle 

 about a foot long ; bract-leaves large, lanceolate ; upper more or 

 less spreading, bright red. Inflorescence a dense panicle 6-9 in. 

 long, with numerous erecto -patent densely-flowered distichous 

 branches 2-3 in. long, subtended by lanceolate bracts ; rachis 

 excavated so as to form a cup opposite each flower, which is sub- 

 tended by an ovate-navicular cuspidate entire bract ^ in. long. 

 Ovary globose ; sepals lanceolate, -J in. long, with a small erecto- 

 patent mucro. Petals yellow, shortly protruded. 



Hab. West Indies. J amSiiGa,, Swartz I St. Lucia, ^H<ig7'son! H.B. Murray I 

 St. Vincent's, Guilding 1 Trinidad, Prestoe 1 This is now in cultivation at Kew, 

 and flowered in 1885. 



80. M. MARTiNicENsis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 132. — Leaves 

 with a very large entire oblong base ; blade not seen. Peduncle 

 erect, a foot long ; bract-leaves imbricated, adpressed, the upper 

 serrated. Inflorescence a dense oblong panicle 3-4 in. long, with 

 numerous densely-flowered erecto-patent distichous branches 1-1^ in. 

 long, the lower subtended by ovate-lanceolate rigid sharply-toothed 

 bracts ; rachis excavated into a winged pocket opposite each flower, 

 which is subtended by an ovate navicular bract -| in. long, with a 

 large cusp. Calyx including ovary ^-^ in. long ; sepals lanceolate, 

 twice as long as the ovary, with a large erecto-patent cusp. Petals 

 shortly protruded. 



Hab. Martinique, Belanger 467 ! Hahn 522 ! 581 ! Closely allied to .^. 

 bracteattty from which it differs by its broader conspicuously toothed branch- 

 bracts. 



81. M. DicHLAMYDEA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 133; 1880, 15. 

 — Leaves not seen. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; upper 

 bract-leaves lanceolate, erecto-patent, bright red. Inflorescence an 

 ovate panicle above a foot long, consisting of 12-20 ovate densely- 

 flowered distichous spikes 1-lJ in. long, at the end of erecto- 

 patent peduncles, of which the lower are 3-4 in. long, subtended 

 by small red spreading or deflexed lanceolate bracts ; rachis deeply 

 excavated opposite each flower, which is subtended by an ovate- 

 navicular bract ^ in. long, with a small homy mucro. Calyx with 

 ovary ^-^ in. long; sepals lanceolate, longer than the ovary, 

 minutely mucronate. Petals narrow, ^ in. longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Tobago. Originally described from an old specimen at the British 

 Museum. It was specially sought for at my request and re-gathered in Feb., 

 1879, by Mr. Louis C. Meyer, formerly of Kew. 



82. M. TiLLANDsioiDEs Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1879, 134 (M.D.). 

 jE. vriesioides Baker. Billhergia tillandsioides Mart. ; Schultes fil. 

 Syst. vii. 1269. B. gracilis Poeppig. — Leaves about a dozen in a 

 utricular rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, 1-1|- ft. long 1-| in. 

 broad at the middle, plain green on the face, obscurely lepidote, not 

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

 prickles middle-sized, deltoid-cuspidate, horny. Peduncle a foot 

 long ; upper bracts oblong-lanceolate, bright red, serrated. Panicle 

 rhomboid, 4-5 in. long, consisting of 4-8 erecto-patent, sessile, 



