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92. M. Selloana Baker. — Leaves thin, lorate, 2 ft. long, IJ in. 

 broad at the middle, rounded at the apex to a small cusp ; 

 marginal prickles nearly obsolete. Peduncle slender, much shorter 

 than the leaves. Inflorescence a very dense subglobose head 1-|- in. 

 long ; flower-bracts broad ovate, spine-pointed, ^ in. long ; ovary 

 with calyx | in. long ; sepals ovate, scarcely cuspidate. 



Hab. South Brazil, Sello 4008 ! (Herb. Reg. Berol.). Habit of JE. caly- 

 culata, but the sepals not mucronate. 



93. M. LONGicuspis Baker, — Leaves rigid, ensiform, 2-3 in. 

 broad, narrowed to the point ; prickles large, brown, deltoid- 

 cuspidate. Liflorescence a dense oblong- cylindrical spike 4-6 in. 

 long, 2-2|- in. diam. ; flower-bracts orbicular, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 ^ in. long and broad, with a rigid black cusp as long as the blade. 

 Calyx with ovary f in. long ; sepals lanceolate. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada at Chamba, Goudot ! (Herb. Paris). 



94. M. ORNATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 162. Chevcdlera 

 ornata Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, t. 62. — Leaves rigid, ensiform from 

 an oblong base, 3-4 ft. long, 1|— 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the point, minutely serrated. Peduncle stiffly erect, 

 much shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a dense oblong spike 

 6-Q in. long, 2-3 in. diam. ; bracts obovate-caneate, ^ in. long 

 and broad with a mucro i in. long. Mature ovary tetragonal, 

 ^-f in. long, \ in. diam. ; sepals lanceolate-deltoid, -|-| in. long, 

 with a minute mucro. Petals not seen. 



Hab. South Brazil ; island of Santa Catherina, Gaudichaiid 129 ! 371 ! 

 Gathered in the year 1835. 



95. M. PiNELiANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 232. EcJdno- 

 stachys Pineliana A. Brong. ; Planch, in Hort. Donat. 25 ; Hook, in 

 Bot Mag. t. 5321 (M.D.). E. rosea Beer, Brom. 149. Macro- 

 chordium Pineliannm Lemaire in 111. Hort. ix. Misc. 62, — Leaves 

 12-15 in a utricular rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 1-1|- ft. 

 long, li in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, plain 

 green on the face, thinly white-lepidote on the back without spots 

 or bands, deltoid at the apex, the marginal spines brown -pointed, 

 the lower patent, ^-^ in. long. Peduncle l-lf ft. long ; bract-leaves 

 lanceolate, adpressed, imbricated, bright red. Flowers in a dense 

 sunple spike 2-3 in. long ; flower-bracts rigid, ascending, with a 

 small ovate base and a large pungent stramineous mucro. Ovary 

 with calyx I in. long ; sepals ovate, with a large cusp. Petals 

 bright yellow, f in. long, turning brown when they fade. Ovules 

 3-4 in a cell. 



Hab. Woods of South Brazil, Glaziou 13244 ! 15487 ! Introduced into 

 cultivation by Morel about 1851. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, 

 Dec, 1877. 



96. M. Marle-regin^ H. Wendl. in Hamb. Gartenzeit, ix. 32; 

 Kegel, Gartenfl. 1864, 152; Floral Mag. n.s., t. 8 (^M.D.).— Leaves 

 15-20 in a short rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 2-3 ft. long, 

 2-3 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, plain 

 green, thinly white-lepidote on both sides, lanceolate-deltoid at 

 the tip, the marginal prickles deltoid-cuspidate, -|-1 line long. 



