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long ; sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals pink, three times as long as the 

 sepals. 



Hab. Woods of South Brazil, Glaziou 11677 ! 16410 1 Drawn by Prof. 

 Morren from a plant flowered in cultivation Sept., 1879. A close ally of yE. 

 fasciata. 



89. M. PECTiNATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 233. — Leaves 

 lorate from a large oblong base, 3 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the 

 middle, moderately firm in texture, thinly white -lepidote on the 

 back, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex, the marginal spines minute, 

 spreading, brown-tipped. Peduncle 1^ ft. long ; bract-leaves ad- 

 pressed, much imbricated, conspicuously toothed. Inflorescence a 

 dense simple ovoid capitulum 2-3 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; flower 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, ascending, f-1 in. long 

 margined with large close deltoid horny brown teeth. Calyx with 

 ovary f in. long ; sepals ovate, acute, longer than the ovary. 

 Petals not seen. 



Hab. Woods of South Brazil, Burchell 3594 ! Glaziou 15484 ! First 

 gathered by Burchell in 1826, in the province of St. Paulo. 



90. M. BuRCHELLii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 231. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, under a foot long, lorate from an ovate base, 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, thinly lepidote on 

 the back, narrowed suddenly to a deltoid-cuspidate apex, the 

 marginal teeth minute. Peduncle 3 in. long ; bract-leaves imbri- 

 cated. Inflorescence a globose capitulum 2 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 ovate-acuminate, not rigid, furnished with deltoid teeth on the 

 margin, the lower f in., the upper -|- in. long. Calyx with ovary 

 ■I in. long ; sepals lanceolate, longer than the ovary, tipped with a 

 minute horny brown mucro. Petals not seen. 



Hab. South Brazil; woods of the province of St. Paulo near' Cubatao, 

 Burchell 3487 ! Gathered in 1826. 



Subgenus 8. Pothuava (Gaudich.). 



91. M. calyculata Baker in. Journ. Bot. 1879, 232. Hohen- 

 hergia calyculata Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 286. Hoplophijtum 

 caiyculatum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1865, 162, t. 11 (M.D.). 

 MacrocJwrdium luteum Kegel in Gartenfl. 1867, 164, t. 544. M. 

 nudiusculum K. Koch, Wochen. 1864, 176. — Leaves 10-12 in a 

 utricular rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 1^-2 ft. long, l^—lf in. 

 broad at the middle, not so rigid in texture as in its allies, plain 

 green on the face, obscurely fasciated on the back, rounded to a 

 small cusp at the apex, the marginal prickles minute. Peduncle a 

 foot long; bract-leaves pale, scariose, imbricated. Inflorescence a 

 dense globose rarely pyramidal head 1^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts 

 coriaceous, ovate-acuminate, \ in. long. Calyx including ovary 

 \-^ in. long ; sepals ovate, reddish with a mucro as long as the 

 blade. Petals lingulate, bright lemon-yellow, i in. long, fading 

 brown. 



Hab. South Brazil. Introduced into cultivation about 1862. Described 

 from plants flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders at Eeigate, in 1868, and at Kew 

 in Feb., 1875 and Dec, 1887. One of the specimens drawn by Prof. Morren has 

 a pyramidal head of flowers 4 in, long, compound at the base. 



